(KLZA)-- Unemployment figures in February were down in all but one county in southeast Nebraska.  

In Pawnee County, the unemployment rate was up a tenth of a point to 3.3- percent in February, but that remains the lowest rate in the area. 

Nemaha and Johnson counties had the highest jobless rate at 4.1-percent.  That is down 8-tenths in Nemaha County from January and down 2-tenths in Johnson County. 

In Richardson County, the February unemployment rate dipped 3-tenths to 4-percent.  In Gage County, unemployment was down 4-tenths to 3.8-percent and in Otoe County, the 3.9-percent unemployment rate is down 2-tenths. 

Statewide, The Nebraska Department of Labor says the February unemployment rate was 3.3 percent.  Down a tenth of a point from January.  The National rate for February was 4.7-percent.