(KLZA)-- The November unemployment rates were down in most Southeast Nebraska counties.
The lone exception was Nemaha County where the jobless rate held steady from the previous month at 3.5 percent.
Rates dipped in the other five area counties:
Down 3-tenths to 2.7 percent in Richardson County.
Down 8-tenths in Pawnee County to 2.5 percent.
Down 2-tenths to 2.7 percent in Otoe County.
Down 9-tenths to 3 percent in Johnson County.
Down 2.5 percent in Gage County to 2.9 percent.
Statewide the November unemployment rate was 3.1 percent, unchanged from October and for the fifth consecutive month.
The national unemployment rate was November was 3.5 percent.
Nebraska's nonfarm employment rose in November was 14,600 more than in November 2018 and more than 1,700 more than in October.
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