HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The unemployment rate in Reno County fell for the month of April.
According to the Kansas Department of Labor, the jobless rate for the county fell one half of one percent to 2.1%. The jobless rate for the same period in 2021 was 3.0%.
There were 613 county residents out of work. In Hutchinson, the jobless rate was also down half a percentage point to 2.3%. 428 city residents were out of work. In April of 2021, the rate was 3.3%.