(KLZA) The July unemployment rate in Nebraska rose a tenth of a percent to 4.2 percent. The unemployment rate in nearly all of the counties making up extreme Southeast Nebraska also increased, the exception being Otoe County.
Gage County had a large increase in unemployment in July from 4.3 percent to 6.3 percent.
Nemaha County Nebraska has the second highest unemployment rate in the state a 7.7 percent which was an increase of 8-tenths of a percent from June. Richardson County has the fifth highest rate in the state at 6.1 percent. The increase for the month was just a tenth of a percent.
Johnson County has an unemployment rate of 5 percent, up 3-tenths; Pawnee County increased 3-tenths to 4 percent. In Otoe County the July unemployment rate dipped 2-tenths to 4.6 percent.
Nationally the July unemployment rate was down two-tenths to 7.4 percent.
Nebraska Department of Labor Commissioner Cathy Lang says the higher unemployment rate in the state is not necessarily bad news, noting seasonal factors contributed to some of the increase.
Commissioner Lang said the 3-percent growth in durable goods manufacturing over the last year is also a good sign.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Atchison apt fire claim's toddler's life, injures others
Four arrested for illegal activity on Kickapoo Reservation
Two search warrants, two Horton homes, two arrests
Document forgery alleged in ATCO's Walnut Township
Two Brown Co officers honored for their bravery
Whiting woman pleads to theft of fire dept. funds
Flags across KS to fly half-staff Sunday
Wetmore man arrested on child sex-related charge
Severe storms reported Tuesday in NE KS
Atchison man nabbed for neighbor's 4 wheeler theft
Two men arrested in Jackson Co for distribute of meth
Winning lottery ticket sold in Falls City about to expire
Tornado damage surveyed in NE KS
KS replacement plates see long wait times
Trail rides ending at Indian Cave State Park
Local judge files for re-election
TX man to stand trial on charges in fatal Jackson Co crash
LATEST STORIES
Walnut Township Treasurer removed; votes unofficial until canvass
Nebraska approved for Summer EBT program
Testing for Blue Green Algae begins in SE Nebraska
Richardson County Board receives update from Road Dept
Bridge work begins Wed in Doniphan Co
TX man to stand trial on charges in fatal Jackson Co crash
Atchison in running for national fireworks honors
Local judge files for re-election