Warren County’s unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a% in March, one of only eight Tennessee counties that saw an increase last month.

According to employment data released by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Warren County’s unemployment rate was 3.6%, up from 3.5% in February. However, the rate was down one-tenth of a percent from the same month last year.

Surrounding counties saw similar movements in their unemployment rates, according to the data. Cannon County’s unemployment rate was 3.0%, up from 2.9%. White and Van Buren counties saw their rates fall by one-tenth of a percent. White County’s rate was 4.1%, down from 4.2% and Van Buren County’s was 3.3%, down from 3.4 the previous month.

In Sequatchie County, the unemployment rate fell by three-tenths of a percent, going from 4% in February to 3.7% in March. Coffee County and Grundy County’s rates remained the same at 3.3% and 4% respectively.

According to the TDLWD, nearly all counties in Tennessee reported unemployment rates below 5% in March Only four of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded unemployment rates of 5% or higher, with the highest at 5.7%. Unemployment rates decreased from February to March in 70 counties. Rates remained the same in 17 counties, and they increased in eight counties.

Williamson County once again reported the lowest rate for March at 2.4%, down two-tenths of a percentage point from February. Cheatham County had the next-lowest rate at 2.6%, a decline of one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. Rutherford, Wilson, and Knox counties followed, all with rates of 2.7%.

Pickett County had Tennessee’s highest unemployment rate in March at 5.7%. The rate was down six-tenths of a percentage point from February’s rate of 6.3%. Hardeman County had the second-highest rate at 5.2%, the same rate as the previous month. Johnson County followed with a rate of 5.1%, a decline of seven-tenths of a percentage point from February.

Data released last week showed that Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 3.6%, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. Unlike the statewide rate, county rates are not adjusted to account for seasonal impacts on employment.