Unemployment Down in Area NEK Counties
10/20/2015

(KNZA)--Unemployment was down in area northeast Kansas Counties in September from August.

That’s according to the latest figures released by the Kansas Department of Labor.

Atchison County had the highest jobless rate in the area at 5.7 percent while Nemaha County had the lowest at 2.1 percent.

Elsewhere, Brown County’s unemployment rate in September was 3.5 percent; Doniphan, 4 percent; Jackson, 3.3 percent; Jefferson, 3.6 percent; Leavenworth, 4 percent; Marshall, 2.2 percent and Pottawatomie, 3 percent.

Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September was 4.4 percent.  That’s down from 4.6 percent in August, but up from 4.3 percent in September of last year.


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