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Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly

November 20, 2021 Steve Schwaller

(Des Moines)– Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point to three-point-nine percent in October. 

The number of unemployed Iowans decreased by 15-hundred last month to 64-thousand-700.  The total number of people working in the state increased by 16-hundred. 

Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend said in October Iowa saw net employment growth for the fifth time in the last six months. 

The U-S jobless rate was four-point-six percent last month.