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(KLZA)--Unemployment figures dipped in most Southeast Nebraska counties during May. The lone exception was in Nemaha County.
According to the Nebraska Department of Labor, Pawnee County had the largest decline in unemployment, down four-tenths to 2.3 percent.
In Nemaha County, Nebraska the unemployment rate increased two-tenths to 3.6 percent which is the highest jobless rate in the area.
The unemployment rates were down in Richardson and Otoe counties to 2.8 percent. In Johnson County, the unemployment rate is 3.5 percent and in Gage County the figure is three percent.
Statewide, the unemployment rate for May was steady at 2.8 percent, well below the national unemployment rate of 3.8 percent.
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