The unemployment numbers for April are in, and officials say all area counties improved from Marh to April. Most are also better than year-ago numbers. While Coffey continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the area, at 5.6%, Allen and Bourbon counties are close behind at 6.6% and 6.8% respectively. In Allen county that compares to 7.4% last month and is more than one-percent better than last year's rate of 7.9%. Rates for other area counties: Wilson county, 9.4%, down from 9.9% in March and 10.5% last April; Woodson county, 7.1%, down form 7.7% in March and 8.6% last year; Neosho county was nearly stable - 8.3% last month, 8.7% in March, and 8.6% in April, 2009. In Anderson county, the jobless rate stood at 7.2%, down from 8% in March and down slightly from last year's 7.4%
In a statement, Governor Parkinson said, "we’re seeing positive signs of job creation. In the past few months, we’ve seen our economy stabilizing, and in April we’ve experienced actual job growth. Notably, that growth has been in the private sector. While there are still too many Kansans without a job, this is a good sign that our efforts to put Kansans back to work are beginning to materialize." Tyler Tenbrink, Labor Economist with the Kansas Department of Labor, explains:
Statewide, the April 2010 unemployment rate was 6.3 percent, down from 6.9 percent in March and unchanged from April 2009. Three of the 11 major industries in Kansas reported over-the-year job gains in April, with the highest increase in construction. This is the first month the construction industry has reported over-the-year job gains since June 2008.
In a statement, Governor Parkinson said, "we’re seeing positive signs of job creation. In the past few months, we’ve seen our economy stabilizing, and in April we’ve experienced actual job growth. Notably, that growth has been in the private sector. While there are still too many Kansans without a job, this is a good sign that our efforts to put Kansans back to work are beginning to materialize." Tyler Tenbrink, Labor Economist with the Kansas Department of Labor, explains:
Statewide, the April 2010 unemployment rate was 6.3 percent, down from 6.9 percent in March and unchanged from April 2009. Three of the 11 major industries in Kansas reported over-the-year job gains in April, with the highest increase in construction. This is the first month the construction industry has reported over-the-year job gains since June 2008.
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