(KNZA)--Unemployment rates for area northeast Kansas counties last month contained mixed news.

According to a report issued Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Nemaha and Marshall Counties all saw an increase in their jobless rates from January.   

Atchison, Leavenworth and Pottawatomie Counties saw a decrease, while Jefferson County’s unemployment rate held steady.

Leavenworth County had the highest unemployment rate among area counties at 4.1 percent, while Pottawatomie County had the lowest at 2.9 percent.

Elsewhere, Atchison County’s unemployment rate last month was 3.6 percent; Brown, 3.3 percent; Jackson, 3.6 percent; Jefferson, 4 percent; Marshall, 3 percent and Nemaha County, 3 percent.

Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.4 percent in February.  That’s down from 3.5 percent in January and 3.8 percent one year ago.