(KLZA)-- Unemployment figures in the Southeast Corner of Nebraska for the month of September were mostly down, but three counties have unemployment rates among the highest in the state.
Gage County has an unemployment rate of 5.3 percent, a jump of two percent from the 3.3 percent figure in August.
Johnson and Nemaha County unemployment rates of 3.3 percent are also among the 10 worst unemployment rates in Nebraska. The rate in Johnson County was up two-tenths of a point and in Nemaha County the unemployment figure actually dipped from four percent the previous month.
Richardson County had a dip in unemployment for September to 2.6 percent, which is a decline of four-tenths, and the best rate in the area.
The Pawnee County unemployment rate is up two-tenths to 2.9 percent. Otoe County unemployment is at 2.9 percent, down six-tenths of a percent for the month.
Statewide the September unemployment rate was 2.8 percent, unchanged from August and July.
The U.S. unemployment rate for September was 4.2 percent.
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