(KNZA)--Unemployment was down in most area northeast Kansas Counties in April compared to March.
According to figures released Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor, Atchison County had the highest jobless rate at 5.9 percent while Nemaha County had the lowest at 2.7 percent.
Nemaha and Marshall Counties were the only two area counties that didn’t see a drop in their jobless rate in April, with their rates holding steady.
Brown County’s jobless rate in April was 4.1 percent; Doniphan, 4.4 percent; Jackson, 3.8 percent; Jefferson, 4.2 percent; Leavenworth, 4.6 percent; Marshall, 2.9 percent and Pottawatomie, 3.6 percent.
Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, up from 4.2 percent in March but down from 4.5 percent in April 2014.
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