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Unemployment declines in SE Neb counties

By John Nixon

09/23/2019

Nebraska Department of Labor

(KLZA)-- Unemployment figures dipped in all six extreme Southeast Nebraska counties during the month of August.

Richardson, Pawnee, Otoe and Gage counties all had unemployment rates of 3.3 percent for August. The rate dipped six tenths of a percent in both Richardson and Pawnee counties from July. In Otoe County the jobless rate went down eight-tenths of a percent.

Despite a drop of eight-tenths of a percent, Nemaha County has the highest unemployment rate in the area at 4.2 percent which is tied for the sixth highest figure in the state.

In Johnson County the unemployment rate of 3.8 percent is down a tenth and is the 9th highest rate among the states 93 counties.

Officials say Nebraska's unemployment remained steady at 3.1% in August, matching the July figure.

The Nebraska Labor Department said in a news release Friday that the preliminary August rate was four-tenths of a point higher than the adjusted August 2018 rate of 2.7%.

The new Nebraska rate is well below August's national preliminary rate of 3.7%, which is unchanged from the July and June rate.

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