Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Iowa

Title Unemployed Persons in Iowa
Series ID LAUST190000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:36 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

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
1976-01-01 72973
1976-02-01 72111
1976-03-01 67679
1976-04-01 56738
1976-05-01 45871
1976-06-01 55084
1976-07-01 47350
1976-08-01 49836
1976-09-01 48088
1976-10-01 43607
1976-11-01 50142
1976-12-01 58840
1977-01-01 66542
1977-02-01 69770
1977-03-01 64069
1977-04-01 53978
1977-05-01 46831
1977-06-01 58113
1977-07-01 51390
1977-08-01 58988
1977-09-01 49227
1977-10-01 46218
1977-11-01 50548
1977-12-01 54923
1978-01-01 66974
1978-02-01 69146
1978-03-01 65745
1978-04-01 56412
1978-05-01 45242
1978-06-01 52844
1978-07-01 48656
1978-08-01 48763
1978-09-01 48047
1978-10-01 44198
1978-11-01 53104
1978-12-01 61751
1979-01-01 65040
1979-02-01 67843
1979-03-01 64241
1979-04-01 61067
1979-05-01 49704
1979-06-01 59622
1979-07-01 52650
1979-08-01 58566
1979-09-01 56275
1979-10-01 52052
1979-11-01 59125
1979-12-01 66192
1980-01-01 76252
1980-02-01 78126
1980-03-01 73601
1980-04-01 78066
1980-05-01 83091
1980-06-01 97114
1980-07-01 92229
1980-08-01 98816
1980-09-01 87852
1980-10-01 82413
1980-11-01 84194
1980-12-01 84899
1981-01-01 99770
1981-02-01 99817
1981-03-01 94346
1981-04-01 86320
1981-05-01 81676
1981-06-01 90861
1981-07-01 80325
1981-08-01 87752
1981-09-01 89103
1981-10-01 89036
1981-11-01 97638
1981-12-01 108638
1982-01-01 123019
1982-02-01 122641
1982-03-01 123708
1982-04-01 119180
1982-05-01 108179
1982-06-01 118750
1982-07-01 110863
1982-08-01 112384
1982-09-01 112577
1982-10-01 112222
1982-11-01 122627
1982-12-01 129501
1983-01-01 143704
1983-02-01 139683
1983-03-01 134875
1983-04-01 126516
1983-05-01 111404
1983-06-01 115017
1983-07-01 99811
1983-08-01 111173
1983-09-01 97777
1983-10-01 93317
1983-11-01 96520
1983-12-01 101028
1984-01-01 111183
1984-02-01 110976
1984-03-01 105833
1984-04-01 102257
1984-05-01 89409
1984-06-01 91374
1984-07-01 85178
1984-08-01 91419
1984-09-01 90624
1984-10-01 87429
1984-11-01 93504
1984-12-01 101523
1985-01-01 118799
1985-02-01 117073
1985-03-01 112810
1985-04-01 107377
1985-05-01 96160
1985-06-01 101242
1985-07-01 95375
1985-08-01 95231
1985-09-01 99760
1985-10-01 96685
1985-11-01 100005
1985-12-01 101955
1986-01-01 111273
1986-02-01 116249
1986-03-01 111680
1986-04-01 101271
1986-05-01 93498
1986-06-01 97147
1986-07-01 86396
1986-08-01 89521
1986-09-01 88159
1986-10-01 80705
1986-11-01 84433
1986-12-01 87138
1987-01-01 98761
1987-02-01 95635
1987-03-01 91628
1987-04-01 80949
1987-05-01 75230
1987-06-01 80717
1987-07-01 72612
1987-08-01 74883
1987-09-01 74760
1987-10-01 70588
1987-11-01 73462
1987-12-01 70405
1988-01-01 81466
1988-02-01 79206
1988-03-01 75477
1988-04-01 67240
1988-05-01 64904
1988-06-01 66967
1988-07-01 60031
1988-08-01 64026
1988-09-01 61744
1988-10-01 58733
1988-11-01 63473
1988-12-01 64652
1989-01-01 77355
1989-02-01 70627
1989-03-01 65181
1989-04-01 61923
1989-05-01 56971
1989-06-01 62526
1989-07-01 56388
1989-08-01 62741
1989-09-01 60672
1989-10-01 57677
1989-11-01 63360
1989-12-01 63896
1990-01-01 74977
1990-02-01 72108
1990-03-01 69822
1990-04-01 64630
1990-05-01 57347
1990-06-01 59391
1990-07-01 56461
1990-08-01 61319
1990-09-01 61156
1990-10-01 59011
1990-11-01 64817
1990-12-01 69788
1991-01-01 82329
1991-02-01 83735
1991-03-01 79854
1991-04-01 68518
1991-05-01 65548
1991-06-01 69638
1991-07-01 59583
1991-08-01 64034
1991-09-01 61814
1991-10-01 59213
1991-11-01 64674
1991-12-01 71459
1992-01-01 86541
1992-02-01 80972
1992-03-01 76764
1992-04-01 67016
1992-05-01 63661
1992-06-01 69948
1992-07-01 61239
1992-08-01 62082
1992-09-01 62074
1992-10-01 58030
1992-11-01 60300
1992-12-01 67665
1993-01-01 80917
1993-02-01 76920
1993-03-01 72434
1993-04-01 65521
1993-05-01 59239
1993-06-01 64576
1993-07-01 63721
1993-08-01 58107
1993-09-01 55391
1993-10-01 54712
1993-11-01 54728
1993-12-01 60556
1994-01-01 77090
1994-02-01 72451
1994-03-01 67536
1994-04-01 56543
1994-05-01 48635
1994-06-01 53385
1994-07-01 47916
1994-08-01 52152
1994-09-01 50949
1994-10-01 48800
1994-11-01 49266
1994-12-01 55656
1995-01-01 70357
1995-02-01 63485
1995-03-01 60643
1995-04-01 57796
1995-05-01 52173
1995-06-01 55896
1995-07-01 50202
1995-08-01 51786
1995-09-01 51054
1995-10-01 48515
1995-11-01 50469
1995-12-01 56843
1996-01-01 71901
1996-02-01 67934
1996-03-01 65249
1996-04-01 58844
1996-05-01 54079
1996-06-01 55657
1996-07-01 54537
1996-08-01 51554
1996-09-01 51202
1996-10-01 50578
1996-11-01 53888
1996-12-01 58317
1997-01-01 72320
1997-02-01 65483
1997-03-01 60539
1997-04-01 51369
1997-05-01 43934
1997-06-01 49442
1997-07-01 41777
1997-08-01 45417
1997-09-01 44679
1997-10-01 40798
1997-11-01 40761
1997-12-01 48798
1998-01-01 59628
1998-02-01 53152
1998-03-01 53867
1998-04-01 42883
1998-05-01 38909
1998-06-01 45328
1998-07-01 40697
1998-08-01 42478
1998-09-01 41888
1998-10-01 39765
1998-11-01 40688
1998-12-01 46302
1999-01-01 60718
1999-02-01 51144
1999-03-01 48102
1999-04-01 41461
1999-05-01 37258
1999-06-01 43934
1999-07-01 41422
1999-08-01 41036
1999-09-01 37315
1999-10-01 32203
1999-11-01 34060
1999-12-01 40608
2000-01-01 55410
2000-02-01 50240
2000-03-01 45573
2000-04-01 37953
2000-05-01 37264
2000-06-01 40035
2000-07-01 37324
2000-08-01 40982
2000-09-01 39388
2000-10-01 38775
2000-11-01 41654
2000-12-01 47157
2001-01-01 63784
2001-02-01 59020
2001-03-01 60676
2001-04-01 51232
2001-05-01 44627
2001-06-01 51504
2001-07-01 47516
2001-08-01 50326
2001-09-01 49363
2001-10-01 50687
2001-11-01 56493
2001-12-01 62454
2002-01-01 79260
2002-02-01 73964
2002-03-01 73932
2002-04-01 65234
2002-05-01 56727
2002-06-01 66439
2002-07-01 63398
2002-08-01 61713
2002-09-01 58695
2002-10-01 57290
2002-11-01 61460
2002-12-01 66939
2003-01-01 84422
2003-02-01 79073
2003-03-01 78008
2003-04-01 70198
2003-05-01 65785
2003-06-01 76586
2003-07-01 72367
2003-08-01 69411
2003-09-01 67097
2003-10-01 63696
2003-11-01 65488
2003-12-01 70662
2004-01-01 85121
2004-02-01 79286
2004-03-01 79147
2004-04-01 64713
2004-05-01 65065
2004-06-01 74633
2004-07-01 71380
2004-08-01 71064
2004-09-01 68816
2004-10-01 67424
2004-11-01 69145
2004-12-01 74714
2005-01-01 88799
2005-02-01 84142
2005-03-01 78132
2005-04-01 65813
2005-05-01 65116
2005-06-01 70030
2005-07-01 67513
2005-08-01 63746
2005-09-01 63549
2005-10-01 61300
2005-11-01 64629
2005-12-01 71778
2006-01-01 75274
2006-02-01 71843
2006-03-01 64569
2006-04-01 56252
2006-05-01 52767
2006-06-01 61018
2006-07-01 60611
2006-08-01 59866
2006-09-01 56367
2006-10-01 54289
2006-11-01 56019
2006-12-01 62842
2007-01-01 75714
2007-02-01 72456
2007-03-01 65724
2007-04-01 59788
2007-05-01 55331
2007-06-01 62849
2007-07-01 59703
2007-08-01 58736
2007-09-01 57567
2007-10-01 55675
2007-11-01 54958
2007-12-01 65493
2008-01-01 75203
2008-02-01 69515
2008-03-01 68532
2008-04-01 59813
2008-05-01 59906
2008-06-01 68763
2008-07-01 70774
2008-08-01 70795
2008-09-01 65899
2008-10-01 65913
2008-11-01 70732
2008-12-01 87709
2009-01-01 116322
2009-02-01 117071
2009-03-01 119455
2009-04-01 105267
2009-05-01 106967
2009-06-01 115989
2009-07-01 113822
2009-08-01 109018
2009-09-01 99825
2009-10-01 102864
2009-11-01 98342
2009-12-01 109182
2010-01-01 124208
2010-02-01 120391
2010-03-01 116678
2010-04-01 97294
2010-05-01 93876
2010-06-01 99458
2010-07-01 99790
2010-08-01 98730
2010-09-01 92279
2010-10-01 89817
2010-11-01 92634
2010-12-01 99057
2011-01-01 114359
2011-02-01 107398
2011-03-01 102092
2011-04-01 86813
2011-05-01 86757
2011-06-01 96068
2011-07-01 93828
2011-08-01 93482
2011-09-01 87081
2011-10-01 84107
2011-11-01 81699
2011-12-01 89837
2012-01-01 100424
2012-02-01 97388
2012-03-01 90287
2012-04-01 76017
2012-05-01 77342
2012-06-01 84869
2012-07-01 86622
2012-08-01 82329
2012-09-01 73440
2012-10-01 74827
2012-11-01 73743
2012-12-01 82087
2013-01-01 101620
2013-02-01 90943
2013-03-01 85548
2013-04-01 75649
2013-05-01 74298
2013-06-01 82451
2013-07-01 81387
2013-08-01 77372
2013-09-01 71341
2013-10-01 70095
2013-11-01 69002
2013-12-01 73392
2014-01-01 90902
2014-02-01 85897
2014-03-01 82799
2014-04-01 65296
2014-05-01 67760
2014-06-01 73024
2014-07-01 76079
2014-08-01 72969
2014-09-01 65815
2014-10-01 62427
2014-11-01 61854
2014-12-01 67189
2015-01-01 82523
2015-02-01 73445
2015-03-01 69384
2015-04-01 56585
2015-05-01 60521
2015-06-01 63584
2015-07-01 64688
2015-08-01 60711
2015-09-01 55711
2015-10-01 55580
2015-11-01 55574
2015-12-01 63017
2016-01-01 76707
2016-02-01 70858
2016-03-01 66901
2016-04-01 54972
2016-05-01 56574
2016-06-01 64939
2016-07-01 65956
2016-08-01 62828
2016-09-01 56207
2016-10-01 53678
2016-11-01 50408
2016-12-01 58002
2017-01-01 73409
2017-02-01 62930
2017-03-01 58117
2017-04-01 47011
2017-05-01 48943
2017-06-01 53323
2017-07-01 54560
2017-08-01 53442
2017-09-01 45263
2017-10-01 39938
2017-11-01 42499
2017-12-01 47357
2018-01-01 62462
2018-02-01 54548
2018-03-01 50606
2018-04-01 40204
2018-05-01 37701
2018-06-01 44899
2018-07-01 45377
2018-08-01 42098
2018-09-01 35584
2018-10-01 34879
2018-11-01 34926
2018-12-01 45207
2019-01-01 60790
2019-02-01 51292
2019-03-01 54094
2019-04-01 38481
2019-05-01 41180
2019-06-01 48029
2019-07-01 51497
2019-08-01 47356
2019-09-01 38505
2019-10-01 39890
2019-11-01 40388
2019-12-01 45509
2020-01-01 58287
2020-02-01 49615
2020-03-01 58589
2020-04-01 179474
2020-05-01 139652
2020-06-01 115756
2020-07-01 98455
2020-08-01 78362
2020-09-01 68649
2020-10-01 57283
2020-11-01 62028
2020-12-01 69451
2021-01-01 85568
2021-02-01 79262
2021-03-01 73984
2021-04-01 66950
2021-05-01 69791
2021-06-01 78047
2021-07-01 70500
2021-08-01 64036
2021-09-01 50702
2021-10-01 49420
2021-11-01 44952
2021-12-01 45846
2022-01-01 62422
2022-02-01 51524
2022-03-01 48437
2022-04-01 35137
2022-05-01 40501
2022-06-01 48452
2022-07-01 52417
2022-08-01 53942
2022-09-01 43576
2022-10-01 47630
2022-11-01 47293
2022-12-01 49454
2023-01-01 62094
2023-02-01 55867
2023-03-01 53101
2023-04-01 38900
2023-05-01 47911
2023-06-01 52142
2023-07-01 53077
2023-08-01 55040
2023-09-01 46709
2023-10-01 49047
2023-11-01 43376
2023-12-01 44683
2024-01-01 59664
2024-02-01 53323
2024-03-01 47760
2024-04-01 37788
2024-05-01 46287
2024-06-01 54029
2024-07-01 59931
2024-08-01 58646
2024-09-01 49916
2024-10-01 54023
2024-11-01 53823
2024-12-01 51174
2025-01-01 68490
2025-02-01 65140
2025-03-01 64489
2025-04-01 56167
2025-05-01 62054

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