HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The latest unemployment numbers have been released from the Kansas Department of Labor and they show the unemployment rate for Hutchinson in Nov. was at 4.6 percent. That’s a drop from 5 percent on Oct. but still higher then in Nov. of last year when the rate was 4.1 percent.

The rate for Reno County for Nov. was at 4.2 percent down from 4.5 percent in Oct., but again higher then Nov. of last year when the rate was at 3.9 percent.

Other surrounding counties rates either stayed the same or also dropped some last month.

For the state, the Nov. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent. This was down from 4.4 percent in Oct. and up from 4 percent in Nov. of 2015.