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(KLZA)--Unemployment figures declined significantly during the month of August in Southeast Nebraska while statewide the jobless rate remained steady.
In Richardson County, the August unemployment rate was down 1 full percentage point to 2.9 percent. In Pawnee County, the drop in unemployment was 1.4% to 1.9%.
In Nemaha County, Nebraska the jobless rate dipped six-tenths of a percent to 3.3 percent. In Johnson County unemployment dipped seven-tenths of a percent to 3.5 percent. Otoe County had a decline in the jobless rate of seven-tenths of a point to 2.5 percent.
Gage County saw the biggest decrease in unemployment for August dropping from 6.4% in July to 2.7% in August, a decline of 3.7 percent.
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