Nebraska continued to have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country in August.
According to the Nebraska Department of Labor, the state's unemployment rate was 2.1% last month, which was up from 2% in July but down from 2.5% in August 2022.
That ranked third nationally for the month. The national unemployment rate in August was 3.7%.
The department reported that there were 1,029,051 filled jobs in August, down 3,238 compared with July, but up 16,336 from a year ago.
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The total number of people employed also rose by more than 16,000 from a year ago.
The number of people listed as unemployed rose in August compared with July, but Labor Commissioner John Albin said that was evidence of "an uptick in new entrants in the labor force.â€
The unemployment rate in the Lincoln Metropolitan Statistical Area also was 2.1% in August, down from 2.3% in both July and August of 2022.
Lincoln's count of filled jobs grew by more than 800 from July to August and by more than 2,700 from a year ago. The number of people employed grew by more than 400 month to month and by nearly 3,800 from a year ago.
The Lincoln area did not show an increase in unemployed people from July to August, although unlike the state data, the local data is not seasonally adjusted.
Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Nebraska
Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Nebraska
Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as bandy around the idea of a by 2023. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2008-2010—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.
As of May of this year, national unemployment is at 3.6%—as it was in both March and April, marking a three-month stagnation—following a steady drop since that aforementioned COVID-affected peak. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate , ranging from just 1.9% in Nebraska and Utah, to 5.3% in New Mexico and 5.8% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.
To that end, compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Nebraska using data from the . Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in April 2022, which as of this writing is the most current Bureau data.
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#50. Nemaha County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.61%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 3,675 (59 unemployed)
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#49. Keya Paha County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.61%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 621 (10 unemployed)
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#48. Dixon County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.61%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 3,042 (49 unemployed)
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#47. Harlan County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.61%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 1,800 (29 unemployed)
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#46. Buffalo County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.61%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 28,070 (453 unemployed)
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#44. Garfield County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.66%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 1,148 (19 unemployed)
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#43. Arthur County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.67%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -1.2%
- Total labor force: 239 (4 unemployed)
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#42. Seward County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.68%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 8,999 (151 unemployed)
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#41. Sioux County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.68%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 774 (13 unemployed)
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#40. Madison County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.69%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 20,145 (341 unemployed)
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#39. Washington County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.69%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.7%
- Total labor force: 11,631 (197 unemployed)
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#38. York County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.70%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 7,348 (125 unemployed)
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#37. Sheridan County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.70%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 2,761 (47 unemployed)
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#36. Keith County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.71%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 4,565 (78 unemployed)
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#35. Adams County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.72%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 16,922 (291 unemployed)
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#34. Lincoln County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.73%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 18,430 (319 unemployed)
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#33. Garden County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.73%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 1,155 (20 unemployed)
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#32. Morrill County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.74%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.7%
- Total labor force: 2,644 (46 unemployed)
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#31. Sherman County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.75%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 1,715 (30 unemployed)
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#30. Hamilton County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.76%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 4,897 (86 unemployed)
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#29. Clay County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.78%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 3,265 (58 unemployed)
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#28. Dodge County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.78%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 20,478 (364 unemployed)
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#27. Otoe County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.79%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 8,659 (155 unemployed)
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#26. Lancaster County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.79%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 182,196 (3,265 unemployed)
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#25. Boyd County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.79%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 1,059 (19 unemployed)
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#24. Sarpy County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.80%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 100,805 (1,819 unemployed)
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#23. Hooker County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.81%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 386 (7 unemployed)
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#22. Gage County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.84%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 11,081 (204 unemployed)
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#21. Cass County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.87%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 13,805 (258 unemployed)
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#20. Logan County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.88%
--- 1 month change: +0.4%
--- 1 year change: 0.4%
- Total labor force: 479 (9 unemployed)
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#19. Saline County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.91%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 7,392 (141 unemployed)
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#18. Burt County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.92%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 3,965 (76 unemployed)
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#17. Deuel County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.94%
--- 1 month change: +0.0%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 978 (19 unemployed)
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#16. Franklin County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.97%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 1,525 (30 unemployed)
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#15. Dawson County
- Current unemployment rate: 1.98%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 13,728 (272 unemployed)
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#14. Hall County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.00%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 32,473 (649 unemployed)
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#13. Box Butte County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.01%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 5,435 (109 unemployed)
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#12. Hitchcock County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.02%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 1,336 (27 unemployed)
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#11. Brown County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.02%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 1,433 (29 unemployed)
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#10. Dakota County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.13%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 10,934 (233 unemployed)
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#9. Loup County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.16%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: 0.7%
- Total labor force: 417 (9 unemployed)
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#8. Scotts Bluff County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.17%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 17,586 (381 unemployed)
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#7. Douglas County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.23%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 309,319 (6,908 unemployed)
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#6. Banner County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.25%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: 0.2%
- Total labor force: 400 (9 unemployed)
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#5. Cheyenne County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.27%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: -0.7%
- Total labor force: 4,184 (95 unemployed)
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#4. Johnson County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.27%
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 2,022 (46 unemployed)
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#3. Blaine County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.70%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: 1.1%
- Total labor force: 259 (7 unemployed)
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#2. Thomas County
- Current unemployment rate: 2.78%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: 0.2%
- Total labor force: 432 (12 unemployed)
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#1. Thurston County
- Current unemployment rate: 3.09%
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 3,208 (99 unemployed)
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