(KLZA)-- Unemployment figures were up in southeast Nebraska in December.
According to the Nebraska Department of Labor, the highest unemployment rate in the area was in Nemaha County at 4 percent, while the lowest was in Pawnee County at 2.7 percent.
Richardson County's unemployment rate in December was 3.6 percent; Johnson County, 3. 6 percent; Gage County, 3.5 percent and Otoe County, 3.6 percent.
All the figures were up from November.
Statewide, Nebraska unemployement rate in December was 3.4 percent. That's the same as November but up four-tenths from December 2016.
The National unemployment rate in December was 4.7 percent, up a tenth.
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