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Nebraska Department of Labor
(KLZA)-- Unemployment rates were mostly higher for the month of November according to the latest report from the Nebraska Department of Labor.
Pawnee County has the lowest unemployment rate in the area at 1.7 percent, down from 2 percent in October.
The Richardson County unemployment figure was steady at 2.1 percent. In Nemaha County, Nebraska the jobless rate was up two-tenths to 2.2 percent.
Johnson County had the largest shift in the monthly figure with a jobless rate increase of four-tenths of a percent to 2.9 percent.
In Otoe County the figure was up a tenth to 2.4 percent while in Gage County the unemployment figure was down a tenth to 2.4 percent.
Statewide the November unemployment rate was 3.1 percent, up slightly from 3 percent in October. The national unemployment rate was 6.7 percent.
The November unemployment figure in Kansas was 5.6 percent while in Missouri the jobless rate was inching downward to 4.4 percent.
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