(KLZA)-- Unemployment figures declined in nearly all of the counties in extreme Southeast Nebraska for the month of August.
Richardson and Pawnee counties had unemployment rates of 2% for the month. Otoe County was at 2.1%; Gage County at 2.2%, Nemaha County was 2.3% which was the same as in July and the jobless rate in Johnson County was 2.6%.
Statewide the unemployment figure was 2.1% which is tied for the fourth best rate in the country with Vermont.
Minnesota has the best unemployment figures in the country at 1.9%, just ahead of New Hampshire and Utah at 2%.
Kansas and Missouri are tied for the 8th best unemployment rate at 2.8%.
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