Iowa City, Iowa Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Iowa City fell 0.3 percentage points in February 2019 to 1.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Iowa rate. The unemployment rate in Iowa City peaked in June 2009 at 4.9% and is now 3.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Iowa City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Iowa	2.4%	0.0	-0.3
Iowa City	1.6%	-0.3	-0.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 July 2009 at 4,560. There are now 2,976 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	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Iowa City	1,584	-236	-546

Number of Unemployed Persons

Iowa City, Iowa Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Iowa Unemployment Rate	Iowa City Unemployment Rate	Iowa City Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	2.4%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	2.4%	1.6%	1,584
January 2019	4.0%	2.4%	1.9%	1,820
December 2018	3.9%	2.4%	1.9%	1,866
November 2018	3.7%	2.4%	1.9%	1,828
October 2018	3.8%	2.4%	1.8%	1,766
September 2018	3.7%	2.4%	1.8%	1,786
August 2018	3.8%	2.4%	1.8%	1,750
July 2018	3.9%	2.4%	1.9%	1,823
June 2018	4.0%	2.5%	1.9%	1,874
May 2018	3.8%	2.6%	2.1%	2,021
April 2018	3.9%	2.6%	2.2%	2,100