Iowa City, Iowa Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Iowa City fell 0.0 percentage points in August 2019 to 1.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Iowa rate. The unemployment rate in Iowa City peaked in June 2009 at 4.8% and is now 2.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 1.8% in February 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Iowa City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.1
Iowa	2.5%	0.0	+0.1
Iowa City	1.9%	0.0	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with August 2019 data as September 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 4,436. There are now 2,563 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,740 in April 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 133. Iowa City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Iowa City, Iowa) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Iowa City	1,873	+27	+62

Number of Unemployed Persons

Iowa City, Iowa Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Iowa Unemployment Rate	Iowa City Unemployment Rate	Iowa City Unemployed
September 2019	3.5%	2.5%	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	2.5%	1.9%	1,873
July 2019	3.7%	2.5%	1.9%	1,846
June 2019	3.7%	2.4%	1.8%	1,787
May 2019	3.6%	2.4%	1.8%	1,767
April 2019	3.6%	2.4%	1.8%	1,740
March 2019	3.8%	2.4%	1.8%	1,762
February 2019	3.8%	2.4%	1.8%	1,772
January 2019	4.0%	2.4%	1.9%	1,832
December 2018	3.9%	2.4%	1.9%	1,835
November 2018	3.7%	2.4%	1.9%	1,830
October 2018	3.8%	2.4%	1.9%	1,814