(KNZA)--Unemployment increased in area northeast Kansas counties in June from May.  

That's according to figures released Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor.

Atchison County had the highest unemployment rate among area counties at 3.8 percent, while Nemaha County had the lowest at 1.9 percent.  

Elsewhere, Brown County's unemployment rate in June stood at 2.5 percent; Doniphan, 2.8 percent; Jackson, 2.4 percent; Jefferson, 2.7 percent; Leavenworth, 2.9 percent; Marshall, 2.2 percent and Pottawatomie, 2.7 percent.  All the figures were down from June 2021.  

Statewide, the unemployment rate increased to 2.4 percent in June. That's up from 2.3 percent in May, but down from 3.5 percent in June 2021.