State Briefs

Unemployment in Tennessee remained steady at 3.7% in February, the six continuous month at that average. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) said the rate has remained unchanged since September. In 2024, the February unemployment rate was 3.1%. Tennessee’s...

Tennessee revenues exceeded budgeted estimates for the month of February with Finance and Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson reporting total February tax revenues were $1.37 billion, $16.9 million more than the budgeted estimate and $45.3 million more than February 2024.  

The total tax growth...

Pedestrian deaths declined year-over-year in 2024 but still remained well above where they were a decade ago. Tennessee reported a 30% decrease in pedestrian deaths with 63 deaths in 2024, down from 90 in 2023. However, the state has seen a 38% increase in pedestrian deaths since 2015 with more than...

Unemployment in Tennessee held steady in January, matching the rate from December, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the month was 3.7%, while December’s rate was revised to 3.7%. In a...

The state of Tennessee saw its rate of net in-migration decrease in 2023 with 28,000 people moving to the volunteer state in 2023. U.S. Census data analyzed by Storage Cafe, an online marketplace, found that Tennessee saw 47,000 less residents in 2023 than it had migrate in 2022 and 69,000 less than...

After years of increases, the number of fatal drug overdoses fell both in Tennessee and nationwide. After collecting and analyzing data, researchers found Tennessee’s overall overdose rate fell 6.6% between 2023 and 2022 with the number of overdoses dropping from 56 per 100,000 people to 52.3 per...

Tennessee State Parks have an economic impact of $1.9 billion dollars in the state and support employment of 13,587 people, according to an analysis by a leading economic consulting firm. Based on figures from fiscal year 2024, the report by Impact DataSource says the parks created $550 million in...