LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says Nebraska’s unemployment rate rose to 3.4 percent in November, up a tenth of a point from the previous month.

The Nebraska Department of Labor said Friday that the preliminary rate was well below the preliminary national rate of 4.6 percent. The national rate dropped three-tenths of a point from October’s 4.9 percent.

The U.S. Labor Department says New Hampshire and South Dakota had the nation’s lowest unemployment rates, with each at 2.7 percent. Nebraska’s November rate came in ninth, behind Massachusetts, North Dakota, Hawaii, Utah, Colorado and Vermont.

Nebraska Labor Commissioner John Albin says that while the state’s rate rose in November, strong growth was seen in the state’s nonfarm employment sector.