Sioux City, Iowa Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sioux City fell 0.1 percentage points in October 2018 to 2.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Iowa rate. The unemployment rate in Sioux City peaked in May 2010 at 6.7% and is now 4.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Sioux City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Iowa	2.4%	-0.1	-0.5
Sioux City	2.3%	-0.1	-0.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November 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 May 2010 at 6,292. There are now 4,211 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Sioux City	2,081	-68	-534

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sioux City, Iowa Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Iowa Unemployment Rate	Sioux City Unemployment Rate	Sioux City Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	2.4%	2.3%	2,081
September 2018	3.7%	2.5%	2.4%	2,149
August 2018	3.9%	2.5%	2.5%	2,246
July 2018	3.9%	2.6%	2.6%	2,408
June 2018	4.0%	2.7%	2.6%	2,406
May 2018	3.8%	2.7%	2.6%	2,379
April 2018	3.9%	2.8%	2.8%	2,547
March 2018	4.1%	2.8%	2.9%	2,637
February 2018	4.1%	2.9%	3.0%	2,751
January 2018	4.1%	2.9%	3.0%	2,735
December 2017	4.1%	2.9%	2.9%	2,609