(KLZA)-- Nebraska's 2.5% unemployment rate in March was tied for 4th lowest in the nation behind North Dakota at 2%, South Dakota was second at 2.1%.
Regionally Kansas was tied for 7th in the nation with a 2.7% jobless rate; Iowa was tied for 11th at 2.9% and Missouri was tied for 22nd at 3.5% unemployment.
Locally in Southeast Nebraska, Otoe County has the lowest unemployment rate at 2.3%. Nemaha County had a 2.4% unemployment rate, Richardson County had a jobless rate of 2.9%. Pawnee and Johnson counties have unemployment rate of 4% and Gage County had the highest unemployment in the area at 5.2 %.
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