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County staff report: Pratt County unemployment edges up; housing study shows aging stock and commuter flows
Summary
County staff reviewed new state unemployment figures showing Pratt County at 3.7% for February, summarized a local housing study showing an aging housing stock and commuter patterns, and reviewed recent state budget and tax actions affecting county programs and conservation districts.
Pratt County staff briefed commissioners on a range of economic and policy developments affecting the county, including rising local unemployment, housing-market data and recent activity in the Kansas Legislature that could change funding available to local programs.
Heather (county staff) told the commission that Kansas’ February unemployment rate was 3.8 percent and Pratt County’s rate rose to 3.7 percent — up from 2.1 percent in February 2022, 2.5 percent in 2023 and 3.0 percent in 2024 — representing about 170 people unemployed in the county. She…
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