(KLZA)--Unemployment in Nebraska continues to be at historically low rates at two-percent. That figure is the same as the rate in Utah and is the best unemployment figure in the nation.
In March there were more Nebraska residents employed than at any other time in the state's history.
Nationally, the unemployment rate is 3.6 percent.
Richardson County has the lowest unemployment in Southeast, Nebraska at 1.9 percent for March. The jobless rate was two-percent in Pawnee County, 2.1 percent in Nemaha County. The highest unemployment rate in the area was 3.1 percent in Johnson County.
Gage County had an unemployment rate of 2.4 percent and in Otoe County the jobless rate was 2.3 percent.
Kansas is tied for the fifth best unemployment rate at 2.5 percent. Iowa is tied for 20th at 3.3 percent. Missouri is Tied for 26th at 3.6 percent and New Mexico has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 5.3 percent.
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