The Nebraska Department of Labor says the states unemployment rate has reached a record low of one point nine percent.

That is the lowest level since records began in the 1970s.

Governor Pete Ricketts says its not a sudden problem….

Ricketts says its important to involve young people in job opportunities….

Ricketts says they are also programs to attract people back to Nebraska…

The Department of Labor has over sixty-nine thousand open jobs listed across the state.