Economic Indicators

Unemployment Rate—June
	2016	2017
Bradley County	4.9	4.3
Tennessee	4.1	3.6
United States	4.9	4.4
Want more in-depth information? See these PDF Files: Unemployment by Occupation—Bradley County, TN Unemployment by Occupation (Six Counties)
Building Permits—July
Residential	2016	2017
Number Issued	28	49
Permit Value	$5,796,556	$6,976,211
YTD—Number Issued	248	265
YTD—Permit Value	$39,443,728	$40,844,362
Commercial
Number Issued	9	6
Permit Value	$5,689,348	$14,339,926
YTD—Number Issued	34	45
YTD—Permit Value	$25,214,717	$55,326,554

 

Local Sales Tax Collected
	July 2016	Jan-July 2016	July 2017	Jan-July 2017
Local Sales Tax	$2,643,107	$17,945,791	$2,873,101	$18,159,849

 

Retail Sales
	December 2015	Jan-Dec 2015*	December 2016	Jan-Dec 2016*
Bradley County	$143,012,924	$1,442,223,055	$153,358,497	$1,575,613,222
Tennessee	$10,415,291,131	$102,024,938,722	$10,760,354,032	$108,921,212,131

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.