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(MSC News)--Unemployment was down in most area northeast Kansas counties in December.
According to a report from the state Department of Labor, Atchison County had the highest unemployment rate at 4 percent while Nemaha County had the lowest at 1.8 percent.
Elsewhere, Brown County’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent; Doniphan, 3.1 percent; Jackson, 2.5 percent; Jefferson, 2.9 percent; Leavenworth 3.2 percent, Marshall, 2.6 percent and Pottawatomie, 2.5 percent.
Marshall County was the only area county to see an increase in its unemployment rate.
All the figures were down from December 2016.
The state Department of Labor says Kansas saw its unemployment rate drop slightly in December to 3.4 percent and reach its lowest point in nearly 18 years.
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