Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT191978000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2026-03-01
Last Updated 2026-05-19 2:53 PM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 10667
1990-02-01 10020
1990-03-01 8923
1990-04-01 8478
1990-05-01 7734
1990-06-01 8412
1990-07-01 7335
1990-08-01 8067
1990-09-01 8618
1990-10-01 7869
1990-11-01 8558
1990-12-01 9166
1991-01-01 11036
1991-02-01 11029
1991-03-01 10679
1991-04-01 9276
1991-05-01 9229
1991-06-01 9680
1991-07-01 8075
1991-08-01 8757
1991-09-01 9362
1991-10-01 8841
1991-11-01 9305
1991-12-01 10143
1992-01-01 11100
1992-02-01 10862
1992-03-01 10486
1992-04-01 9411
1992-05-01 9225
1992-06-01 10356
1992-07-01 8662
1992-08-01 9266
1992-09-01 9183
1992-10-01 8164
1992-11-01 8530
1992-12-01 10050
1993-01-01 11468
1993-02-01 11093
1993-03-01 10625
1993-04-01 10061
1993-05-01 9142
1993-06-01 9553
1993-07-01 14838
1993-08-01 9064
1993-09-01 8551
1993-10-01 8191
1993-11-01 8024
1993-12-01 8402
1994-01-01 10864
1994-02-01 10022
1994-03-01 9295
1994-04-01 7731
1994-05-01 7011
1994-06-01 7431
1994-07-01 6729
1994-08-01 7529
1994-09-01 7936
1994-10-01 7261
1994-11-01 7224
1994-12-01 7809
1995-01-01 9416
1995-02-01 9001
1995-03-01 8336
1995-04-01 8277
1995-05-01 7702
1995-06-01 7960
1995-07-01 7215
1995-08-01 7133
1995-09-01 7514
1995-10-01 6802
1995-11-01 6690
1995-12-01 7376
1996-01-01 9056
1996-02-01 8385
1996-03-01 8075
1996-04-01 7554
1996-05-01 7092
1996-06-01 7010
1996-07-01 8254
1996-08-01 7927
1996-09-01 8296
1996-10-01 7996
1996-11-01 8320
1996-12-01 8781
1997-01-01 10539
1997-02-01 9276
1997-03-01 8482
1997-04-01 7451
1997-05-01 6692
1997-06-01 7353
1997-07-01 6019
1997-08-01 7128
1997-09-01 6799
1997-10-01 6105
1997-11-01 5963
1997-12-01 7032
1998-01-01 8522
1998-02-01 7637
1998-03-01 8033
1998-04-01 6038
1998-05-01 5575
1998-06-01 6367
1998-07-01 5294
1998-08-01 6462
1998-09-01 6390
1998-10-01 5940
1998-11-01 5629
1998-12-01 5956
1999-01-01 7559
1999-02-01 6676
1999-03-01 6429
1999-04-01 5336
1999-05-01 5179
1999-06-01 6041
1999-07-01 5140
1999-08-01 6257
1999-09-01 5324
1999-10-01 5152
1999-11-01 5067
1999-12-01 5777
2000-01-01 8962
2000-02-01 8073
2000-03-01 7478
2000-04-01 6150
2000-05-01 6003
2000-06-01 6265
2000-07-01 5852
2000-08-01 6563
2000-09-01 6634
2000-10-01 6684
2000-11-01 6568
2000-12-01 7666
2001-01-01 9930
2001-02-01 9505
2001-03-01 10029
2001-04-01 8490
2001-05-01 7220
2001-06-01 8101
2001-07-01 7344
2001-08-01 7891
2001-09-01 7833
2001-10-01 8295
2001-11-01 8993
2001-12-01 9979
2002-01-01 12973
2002-02-01 12285
2002-03-01 12384
2002-04-01 10935
2002-05-01 9761
2002-06-01 11703
2002-07-01 11044
2002-08-01 10654
2002-09-01 10366
2002-10-01 10211
2002-11-01 10809
2002-12-01 11860
2003-01-01 14588
2003-02-01 13815
2003-03-01 13951
2003-04-01 12459
2003-05-01 12001
2003-06-01 13377
2003-07-01 12380
2003-08-01 11908
2003-09-01 11742
2003-10-01 10937
2003-11-01 11244
2003-12-01 11930
2004-01-01 16599
2004-02-01 15380
2004-03-01 15060
2004-04-01 12449
2004-05-01 12641
2004-06-01 14044
2004-07-01 13135
2004-08-01 13062
2004-09-01 12810
2004-10-01 12592
2004-11-01 12761
2004-12-01 13232
2005-01-01 15725
2005-02-01 15127
2005-03-01 13822
2005-04-01 12072
2005-05-01 12261
2005-06-01 12936
2005-07-01 12013
2005-08-01 11614
2005-09-01 12319
2005-10-01 11553
2005-11-01 12111
2005-12-01 12930
2006-01-01 13178
2006-02-01 12925
2006-03-01 11570
2006-04-01 10326
2006-05-01 9882
2006-06-01 11211
2006-07-01 11002
2006-08-01 10683
2006-09-01 10833
2006-10-01 10583
2006-11-01 10417
2006-12-01 11414
2007-01-01 13797
2007-02-01 13463
2007-03-01 12068
2007-04-01 11208
2007-05-01 10800
2007-06-01 11970
2007-07-01 11308
2007-08-01 11450
2007-09-01 11422
2007-10-01 10891
2007-11-01 10984
2007-12-01 12918
2008-01-01 14721
2008-02-01 13690
2008-03-01 13511
2008-04-01 12014
2008-05-01 12257
2008-06-01 13455
2008-07-01 13651
2008-08-01 14011
2008-09-01 13172
2008-10-01 13216
2008-11-01 13720
2008-12-01 16958
2009-01-01 22028
2009-02-01 22127
2009-03-01 22130
2009-04-01 19486
2009-05-01 20237
2009-06-01 22092
2009-07-01 21666
2009-08-01 21133
2009-09-01 19594
2009-10-01 19491
2009-11-01 19484
2009-12-01 21450
2010-01-01 24063
2010-02-01 23036
2010-03-01 22687
2010-04-01 19265
2010-05-01 18698
2010-06-01 19875
2010-07-01 20077
2010-08-01 20094
2010-09-01 18908
2010-10-01 18489
2010-11-01 18967
2010-12-01 19717
2011-01-01 22865
2011-02-01 21531
2011-03-01 20600
2011-04-01 17916
2011-05-01 18198
2011-06-01 19679
2011-07-01 19194
2011-08-01 18979
2011-09-01 17870
2011-10-01 17424
2011-11-01 16957
2011-12-01 18228
2012-01-01 20506
2012-02-01 20077
2012-03-01 18565
2012-04-01 15997
2012-05-01 16415
2012-06-01 17695
2012-07-01 17777
2012-08-01 17021
2012-09-01 15318
2012-10-01 15633
2012-11-01 15505
2012-12-01 16932
2013-01-01 20610
2013-02-01 18443
2013-03-01 17430
2013-04-01 15510
2013-05-01 15517
2013-06-01 16935
2013-07-01 16543
2013-08-01 16228
2013-09-01 14848
2013-10-01 14740
2013-11-01 14744
2013-12-01 15165
2014-01-01 18289
2014-02-01 17391
2014-03-01 16742
2014-04-01 13373
2014-05-01 13946
2014-06-01 14862
2014-07-01 15332
2014-08-01 14712
2014-09-01 13436
2014-10-01 13591
2014-11-01 12841
2014-12-01 13601
2015-01-01 16743
2015-02-01 14787
2015-03-01 14198
2015-04-01 11679
2015-05-01 12487
2015-06-01 12860
2015-07-01 12964
2015-08-01 11963
2015-09-01 11264
2015-10-01 11218
2015-11-01 11221
2015-12-01 12175
2016-01-01 14892
2016-02-01 13793
2016-03-01 12898
2016-04-01 10989
2016-05-01 11514
2016-06-01 13115
2016-07-01 13118
2016-08-01 12654
2016-09-01 11465
2016-10-01 10947
2016-11-01 10181
2016-12-01 11272
2017-01-01 14664
2017-02-01 12695
2017-03-01 11742
2017-04-01 9789
2017-05-01 10423
2017-06-01 11244
2017-07-01 11459
2017-08-01 10934
2017-09-01 9531
2017-10-01 8423
2017-11-01 8969
2017-12-01 9352
2018-01-01 12772
2018-02-01 11422
2018-03-01 10680
2018-04-01 8243
2018-05-01 8171
2018-06-01 9715
2018-07-01 9844
2018-08-01 8953
2018-09-01 7775
2018-10-01 7859
2018-11-01 7758
2018-12-01 9716
2019-01-01 13161
2019-02-01 11398
2019-03-01 12178
2019-04-01 8821
2019-05-01 9391
2019-06-01 10843
2019-07-01 11339
2019-08-01 10200
2019-09-01 8463
2019-10-01 8838
2019-11-01 8875
2019-12-01 9499
2020-01-01 12287
2020-02-01 10462
2020-03-01 12454
2020-04-01 43820
2020-05-01 33679
2020-06-01 28490
2020-07-01 23539
2020-08-01 18835
2020-09-01 16646
2020-10-01 13696
2020-11-01 14323
2020-12-01 15714
2021-01-01 18795
2021-02-01 18099
2021-03-01 16647
2021-04-01 15542
2021-05-01 16650
2021-06-01 18306
2021-07-01 16308
2021-08-01 14690
2021-09-01 11553
2021-10-01 11168
2021-11-01 10123
2021-12-01 9878
2022-01-01 13551
2022-02-01 11526
2022-03-01 10814
2022-04-01 7889
2022-05-01 9231
2022-06-01 10705
2022-07-01 11604
2022-08-01 12152
2022-09-01 9741
2022-10-01 10950
2022-11-01 10708
2022-12-01 10676
2023-01-01 13965
2023-02-01 12387
2023-03-01 12087
2023-04-01 8682
2023-05-01 10441
2023-06-01 11701
2023-07-01 12197
2023-08-01 12246
2023-09-01 10501
2023-10-01 11605
2023-11-01 10214
2023-12-01 10031
2024-01-01 13453
2024-02-01 11969
2024-03-01 11143
2024-04-01 8809
2024-05-01 10725
2024-06-01 13038
2024-07-01 14822
2024-08-01 15467
2024-09-01 12404
2024-10-01 13563
2024-11-01 13978
2024-12-01 13415
2025-01-01 17139
2025-02-01 15772
2025-03-01 14962
2025-04-01 12696
2025-05-01 13909
2025-06-01 15081
2025-07-01 15847
2025-08-01 16471
2025-09-01 13487
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 14143
2025-12-01 14168
2026-01-01 15682
2026-02-01 14522
2026-03-01 13565

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