(KNZA)--Unemployment was up in most area northeast Kansas counties in May from the month before.
According to a report issued Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor, Doniphan and Marshall Counties were the only two area counties to see a decrease in their jobless rate, with Jefferson County’ unemployment rate holding steady.
Atchison County had the highest unemployment rate at 5.2 percent, while Nemaha County had the lowest at 2.7.
Brown County’s unemployment rate in May was 3.4 percent; Doniphan, 3.1 percent; Jackson, 2.8 percent; Jefferson, 2.9 percent; Leavenworth, 3.3 percent; Marshall, 2.9 percent, and Pottawatomie, 2.9 percent.
Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May was 3.5 percent. That’s unchanged from April but up from 3.3 percent in May 2018.
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