TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Labor Friday released the jobs numbers for January which show an increase in the unemployment rate here in Hutchinson.
It shows the rate jumping to 5 percent compared to the rate of 4.3 percent in December. But the rate is still lower then January of last year when the rate was 5.4 percent. The numbers show that 985 residents of the city were looking for work in January.
The rate for Reno County also increased in January with the rate at 4.6 percent, up from 3.9 percent in December. Again that rate is still lower then January of last year when the rate was 4.9 percent. There were 1, 434 residents of the county looking for work in January, but most of those residents are in the city of Hutchinson.
Other area counties rates are as follows. Harvey County is at 4.5 percent, Kingman County at 3.9 percent, McPherson County at 3.4 percent, Pratt County at 3.3 percent, Rice County at 3.5 percent, Stafford County at 4.1 percent and Sedgwick County at 5.3 percent.
The state’s January seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, unchanged from December and down from 4.7 percent in January 2014.