(KLZA)-- Unemployment figures continued to remain low across extreme Southeast Nebraska counties during the month of October.
The highest unemployment rate in the area was 3.4 percent in Johnson County. Nemaha County, Nebraska had a jobless rate of 3 percent for the month.
The lowest unemployment figures for October was in Pawnee County where the unemployment rate was 2.3 percent. In Richardson County unemployment was 2.9 percent; Otoe County was 2.7 percent and Gage County had an unemployment rate of 2.9 percent.
Statewide the jobless rate in October was 2.7 percent compared to the national unemployment rate of 4.1%.
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