TOPEKA, Kan. — The latest unemployment numbers released Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor showed Hutchinson with an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in June, up from 3.9 percent in May. That number matches the rate for June of last year.

The rate for Reno County is at 3.9 percent, up from 3.5 percent in May, and just under the rate in June of last year when the county had a rate of 4.0 percent.

According to the numbers, there were 1,175 residents of the county listed as unemployed with most of those living in Hutchinson.

Surrounding counties also saw slight increases.

For the state as a whole, preliminary estimates show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.4 percent in June, which is unchanged from May and down from 3.6 percent in June 2017.