LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's unemployment rate for August dropped to 4%, the lowest rate in the country, the state announced Friday.
The state Department of Labor reported the rate was down from a revised July rate of 4.9%.
The declining rate reflects an increase of 4,084 nonfarm jobs in the past month.
Nebraska's unemployment rate is the lowest in the nation, just ahead of Utah's 4.1% rate.
The national unemployment rate in August was 8.4%.