Wyandotte County had the highest unemployment of any county in Kansas in the latest unemployment figures.
In Wyandotte County, a 7.8 percent unemployment rate was recorded for May. That is up from 6.6 percent in April. The May rate is the same as one year ago, 7.8 percent.
The Kansas Department of Labor released the unemployment figures this week.
Kansas City, Kan., had an unemployment rate of 8 percent, the highest of all the large cities in Kansas.
The 7.8 percent unemployed in Wyandotte County represents 5,513 persons, according to KDOL figures.
Sedgwick County, which has a 5.6 percent unemployment rate and includes Wichita, has 13,625 unemployed persons. Johnson County, with a 4.3 percent unemployment rate, has 12,986 unemployed persons, according to KDOL figures.
According to KDOL, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.8 percent was about the same as last month, and was down from 5.6 percent a year ago.
State officials said Kansas counted 5,459 persons who entered the labor force as employed in May, as compared to 398 people who entered the labor force as unemployed.
To see the county unemployment rates, visit https://klic.dol.ks.gov/admin/gsipub/htmlarea/uploads/LR%20F%20May2014%20-%20Comparison.pdf.