Seneca ? Unemployment numbers may be rising elsewhere in Kansas, but Nemaha County in the northeast section of the state is having trouble finding workers.

The Topeka Capital Journal reports that the a preliminary report from the Kansas Department of Labor indicates Nemaha County’s unemployment rate is 3.9 percent. That compares with the state’s jobless rate of 6.7 percent.

Betsy Macke, human resource manager for Koch and Co. Inc., a woodworking facility in Seneca, says that company struggles to find enough workers.

Harry Leem, executive director of the Seneca Chamber of Commerce, said a lack of affordable housing is the biggest drawback to attracting workers to the community of about 1,990.