Economic Indicators

Unemployment Rate—January
	2016	2017
Bradley County	4.2	5.3
Tennessee	5.4	5.4
United States	4.9	4.8
Want more in-depth information? See these PDF Files: Unemployment by Occupation—Bradley County, TN Unemployment by Occupation (Six Counties)
Building Permits—February
Residential	2016	2017
Number Issued	36	20
Permit Value	$4,643,320	$3,321,168
YTD—Number Issued	62	53
YTD—Permit Value	$8,183,335	$9,148,243
Commercial
Number Issued	3	8
Permit Value	$303,400	$21,283,000
YTD—Number Issued	10	9
YTD—Permit Value	$1,985,873	$24,608,929

 

Local Sales Tax Collected
	February 2016	Jan-Feb 2016	February 2017	Jan-Feb 2017
Local Sales Tax	$2,164,117	$5,427,567	$2,262,974	$5,353,470

 

Retail Sales
	September 2015	Jan-Se[t 2015*	September 2016	Jan-Sept 2016*
Bradley County	$114,298,567	$1,047,682,069	$129,031,875	$1,163,685,865
Tennessee	$8,226,006,231	$73,480,373,298	$9,102,995,836	$79,753,904,806

Unemployment rates, local sales tax and retail sales figures are the latest state-provided figures. Building permit data is obtained from city and county records.