Unemployment rates drop in June

Unemployment rates dropped in 61 counties from the previous year, were higher in 12 and stayed the same in the June report by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

Love County had the state’s highest rate at 5.5 percent with Hughes, McIntosh and Seminole counties reporting the second highest rate for the month. Dewey, Harmon and Texas counties had the lowest rates in the state at 2.2 percent.

LeFlore County had a rate of 4.3 percent for the month, dropping from 5 percent last June. The county had the 63^rd highest rate in Oklahoma. While the rate was lower than the same period for 2024, it did increase from 3.4 percent in May and 2.9 percent in April.

The county had a workforce of 19,134 with 18,320 currently employed with 814 out of work. In May, the total was 19,531 with 18,683 employed and 668 out of work.

See the rates for all of Oklahoma HERE.

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