Sioux City, Iowa Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sioux City fell 0.0 percentage points in December 2011 to 5.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Iowa rate. The unemployment rate in Sioux City peaked in November 2010 at 7.1% and is now 1.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.4% in November 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Sioux 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
Sioux City	5.4%	0.0	-1.7

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: Sioux City, Iowa, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Sioux City, Iowa Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Sioux City peaked in December 2010 at 5,549. There are now 1,317 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Sioux City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Sioux City, Iowa) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Sioux City	4,232	-46	-1,317

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sioux City, Iowa Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Iowa Unemployment Rate	Sioux City Unemployment Rate	Sioux City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	5.6%	5.4%	4,232
November 2011	8.7%	5.7%	5.4%	4,278
October 2011	8.9%	6.0%	5.6%	4,432
September 2011	9.0%	6.0%	5.8%	4,559
August 2011	9.1%	6.1%	5.9%	4,648
July 2011	9.1%	6.0%	5.9%	4,639
June 2011	9.1%	6.0%	5.8%	4,479
May 2011	9.0%	6.0%	5.6%	4,377
April 2011	9.0%	6.0%	5.8%	4,467
March 2011	8.9%	6.1%	6.0%	4,621
February 2011	9.0%	6.0%	6.2%	4,847
January 2011	9.1%	6.1%	6.6%	5,149