Iowa City, Iowa Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Iowa City fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 4.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points lower than the Iowa rate. The unemployment rate in Iowa City peaked in June 2011 at 4.6% and is now 0.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Iowa City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Iowa	5.6%	-0.1	-0.5
Iowa City	4.3%	-0.1	-0.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Iowa City, Iowa, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Iowa City, Iowa Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Iowa City peaked in August 2011 at 4,262. There are now 320 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Iowa City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Iowa City, Iowa) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Iowa City	3,942	-60	-185

Number of Unemployed Persons

Iowa City, Iowa Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Iowa Unemployment Rate	Iowa City Unemployment Rate	Iowa City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	5.6%	4.3%	3,942
November 2011	8.7%	5.7%	4.4%	4,002
October 2011	8.9%	6.0%	4.6%	4,161
September 2011	9.0%	6.0%	4.6%	4,218
August 2011	9.1%	6.1%	4.6%	4,262
July 2011	9.1%	6.0%	4.6%	4,213
June 2011	9.1%	6.0%	4.6%	4,202
May 2011	9.0%	6.0%	4.5%	4,185
April 2011	9.0%	6.0%	4.5%	4,191
March 2011	8.9%	6.1%	4.5%	4,175
February 2011	9.0%	6.0%	4.4%	4,098
January 2011	9.1%	6.1%	4.4%	4,106