(KLZA)-- The November unemployment rates in extreme Southeast Nebraska counties were improved in all but two of the six counties.
Nemaha County was the only county with a higher unemployment rate going up 2-tenths of a percent to 3.5 percent for the month. The November rate is 1.3 percent lower than a year earlier.
Richardson County had no change in the unemployment rate for the month remaining steady at 3.4 percent. That mark is a full percentage point lower than in November, 2013.
Gage County had the biggest dip in unemployment 1.8 percent, down to 3.3 percent for the month.
Johnson County unemployment went down half a percentage point to 2.3 percent. Pawnee County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the area at 2.2 percent, down 4-tenths. In Otoe County the November rate was 2.5 percent.
Statewide November was another good month for Nebraska with a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.1 percent, the lowest rate since early 2008. The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the month was 5.8 percent, unchanged from October.
North Dakota once again has the best unemployment rate in the country at 2.7 percent followed by Nebraska at 3.1 percent with South Dakota third at 3.3 percent.
Kansas and Iowa are tied for the 10th best mark along with Montana and Vermont at 4.3 percent. Missouri is 21st at 5.6 percent.
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