Unemployment rates were up in Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., during July, according to figures released Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor.
Unemployment was up about 1 percent, rising from 5.6 percent in June to 6.7 percent in July in Wyandotte County, according to state labor statistics. It was 6.3 percent one year ago, in July 2015.
The rate represents 5,291 persons unemployed in Wyandotte County, according to statistics.
In Kansas City, Kan., unemployment was 6.9 percent in July, up from 5.7 percent in June, the KDOL statistics showed. Unemployment was 6.4 percent in Kansas City, Kan., in July 2015, according to the figures.
About 4,949 persons were listed as unemployed in Kansas City, Kan., according to statistics.
At 6.9 percent, Kansas City, Kan., had the highest unemployment rate of all the largest cities in Kansas, the report stated.
Junction City had 6.6 percent unemployment with 601 persons unemployed, and Wichita and Leavenworth had 5.7 percent unemployment, with 10,916 unemployed in Wichita and 814 unemployed in Leavenworth, the KDOL report stated.
Statewide, Kansas reported a 4.1 percent seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July , compared to 3.8 percent in June and 4.1 percent one year ago, according to state statistics.
Statewide, the statistics showed Kansas nonfarm jobs decreased by 5,600 from June, the KDOL stated. Private sector jobs statewide decreased by 4,600, with the largest private sector decrease in professional and business services, according to the KDOL.