(KLZA)-- Unemployment dropped a tenth of a point in Nebraska for the month of January to 2.9 percent.
The December rate was 3 percent.
In Southeast Nebraska counties the unemployment figures were all below the state rate.
Pawnee County has the lowest unemployment in the area at 2.3 percent. The unemployment rate is 2.9 percent in Richardson and Otoe Counties. Nemaha County has a 3.2 percent jobless rate and in Johnson and Gage counties the unemployment figure for January was 3.3 percent.
The National unemployment rate for January was 3.6 percent.
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