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Unemployment figures mixed in SE Nebraska in May

By John Nixon

06/30/2025

(KLZA)-- Unemployment figures were mixed for southeast Nebraska counties in the month of May.

Unemployment figures were lower in two area counties, steady in two counties and higher in two counties.

The jobless rate in Pawnee County dipped half a percentage point to 2.6 percent which is the best in the area.

In Richardson County, unemployment fell 4-tenths to 2.8 percent in May.

Unemployment remained steady during the month in both Johnson and Gage counties. Johnson County has the highest unemployment rate in the southeast corner of Nebraska at 3.8 percent. Gage County remained at 2.8 percent.

Joblessness in Nemaha County Nebraska climbed 8-tenths of a percent to 3.7 percent. In Otoe County the unemployment figure went up a tenth of a point to 2.7 percent.

Nebraska ranks 6th in the country with an unemployment rate of 3 percent which was unchanged from April. Iowa tied for 19th at 3.6%; Kansas was tied for 25th at 3.8% and Missouri was tied for 29th at 4 percent unemployment.

South Dakota continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the country at just 1.8 percent.

Nationwide, the jobless rte in May was 4.2 percent, unchanged from April.

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