In May, Latimer County and posted Oklahoma’s highest county unemployment rate of 5.2 percent. McIntosh County had the second-highest rate for the month while McCurtain County had the state’s third-highest rate.
Cimarron County and Dewey County tied for the lowest county unemployment rate of 1.6 percent in May. Unemployment rates in May were lower than a year earlier in 73 counties, higher in two counties and unchanged in two counties