HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The unemployment rate in Reno County fell again for the month of August.
According to figures released by the Kansas Department of Labor the jobless rate for the county dropped 0.4% to 3.3%. The unemployment rate for the city of Hutchinson was 3.6%. There were 939 county residents out of work, a drop of 144.
The trend of a declining workforce continued in the county as the number of available workers fell by more than 1,100 to 28,124.
The states jobless rate did increase in August by a tenth of a point to 2.5%.
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