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Unemployed people in Cookeville, TN

Unemployed people in Cookeville, TN was 634 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 13.2% from 2024. That is the 22nd highest of 29 cities in 2025.

2025, persons634
Change on 2024+13.2%
Rank22nd of 29Cities in Tennessee ranked
Series high1,3992010
Series low5412022

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Unemployed people in Cookeville, TN, 1990 to 2025

4006008001,0001,2001,40019901996200220082014202020251990: 835 persons1991: 956 persons1992: 835 persons1993: 809 persons1994: 757 persons1995: 653 persons1996: 666 persons1997: 787 persons1998: 606 persons1999: 629 persons2000: 566 persons2001: 611 persons2002: 726 persons2003: 676 persons2004: 635 persons2005: 690 persons2006: 852 persons2007: 647 persons2008: 937 persons2009: 1,366 persons2010: 1,399 persons2011: 1,287 persons2012: 1,124 persons2013: 1,091 persons2014: 937 persons2015: 809 persons2016: 740 persons2017: 580 persons2018: 543 persons2019: 543 persons2020: 1,046 persons2021: 639 persons2022: 541 persons2023: 569 persons2024: 560 persons2025: 634 persons5007501,0001,2501,50019902002201420251990: 835 persons1991: 956 persons1992: 835 persons1993: 809 persons1994: 757 persons1995: 653 persons1996: 666 persons1997: 787 persons1998: 606 persons1999: 629 persons2000: 566 persons2001: 611 persons2002: 726 persons2003: 676 persons2004: 635 persons2005: 690 persons2006: 852 persons2007: 647 persons2008: 937 persons2009: 1,366 persons2010: 1,399 persons2011: 1,287 persons2012: 1,124 persons2013: 1,091 persons2014: 937 persons2015: 809 persons2016: 740 persons2017: 580 persons2018: 543 persons2019: 543 persons2020: 1,046 persons2021: 639 persons2022: 541 persons2023: 569 persons2024: 560 persons2025: 634 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
2025634
2024560
2023569
2022541
2021639
20201,046
2019543
2018543
2017580
2016740
2015809
2014937
20131,091
20121,124
20111,287
20101,399
20091,366
2008937
2007647
2006852
2005690
2004635
2003676
2002726
2001611
2000566
1999629
1998606
1997787
1996666
1995653
1994757
1993809
1992835
1991956
1990835

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Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Cookeville, TN, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Cookeville, TN, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/cookeville-tn. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Cookeville, TN, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/cookeville-tn.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Cookeville, TN, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/cookeville-tn (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Cookeville, TN?

Unemployed people in Cookeville, TN was 634 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 13.2% from 2024. That is the 22nd highest of 29 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Cookeville, TN?

1,399 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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