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(MSC News)--Unemployment was up in area northeast Kansas counties in July, except in Doniphan County, which saw a decrease in its jobless rate from June.
The Kansas Department of Labor released the July unemployment figures Friday.
Nemaha County had the lowest unemployment rate at 2.8 percent, while Atchison County had the highest at 6.2 percent. Elsewhere, Brown County's unemployment rate in July stood at 4.1 percent; Doniphan, 4 percent; Jackson, 3.8 percent; Jefferson, 4.1 percent; Leavenworth, 4.6 percent; Marshall, 3 percent; and Pottawatomie, 4.1 percent.
Statewide, the unemployment rate edged up to 3.8 percent in July. That was an increase from 3.7 percent in June and a decrease from 6.6 percent in July 2020.
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