Finney County has jobs, but bodies are needed to fill them

Unemployment numbers have remained low in Finney County throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Lona DuVall, President/CEO of the Finney County Economic Development Corporation, said unemployment in Finney County is 2.9% as of Aug. 14. “It’s important to note that we just recently were able to get actual numbers on how many people are actually on unemployment here,” she said. The Kansas Department of Labor’s latest unemployment numbers show an unemployment rate of 3.8% with the department claiming a workforce population of 1,514,522 people, of which 1,456,792 are employed and 57,730 are unemployed.
Source: GC Telegram.