TOPEKA -The unemployment rate ticked up in July after three months of remaining relatively flat, according to information from the Kansas Department of Labor.

The jobless rate in Geary County went from 6.8 percent in June to 7.6 percent in July –the highest unemployment rate in the region.

Riley County saw a jump from 4.0 to 4.3 percent in July. Pottawatomie County also saw an increase from 4.2 to 4.6 percent.
Wabaunsee County was up slightly from 4.3 in June to 4.5 percent in July.

Jobless numbers dropped in Dickinson County from 6.1 to 5.8 percent.

The mining and logging category — which includes the oil and gas industry — saw a significant decrease statewide, with 6.6 percent, or 700 jobs, disappearing in July.

The state’s July seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, up from 4.5 percent in June and up from 4.4 percent in July 2014.
Click the map above for a county-by-county look at the July figures.

The August labor report is scheduled to be released Sept. 18.