Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Iowa

Title Civilian Labor Force in Iowa
Series ID LAUST190000000000006A
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 Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-04-16 1:08 PM 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 1338535
1977-01-01 1385948
1978-01-01 1415797
1979-01-01 1422631
1980-01-01 1426731
1981-01-01 1420794
1982-01-01 1403735
1983-01-01 1399057
1984-01-01 1397265
1985-01-01 1395586
1986-01-01 1408813
1987-01-01 1421528
1988-01-01 1443343
1989-01-01 1454106
1990-01-01 1456385
1991-01-01 1480458
1992-01-01 1514680
1993-01-01 1547628
1994-01-01 1569356
1995-01-01 1588165
1996-01-01 1610399
1997-01-01 1601492
1998-01-01 1595150
1999-01-01 1594486
2000-01-01 1596335
2001-01-01 1613228
2002-01-01 1631982
2003-01-01 1611592
2004-01-01 1610772
2005-01-01 1633163
2006-01-01 1661624
2007-01-01 1669120
2008-01-01 1689415
2009-01-01 1686943
2010-01-01 1676874
2011-01-01 1671059
2012-01-01 1661436
2013-01-01 1679010
2014-01-01 1702385
2015-01-01 1704563
2016-01-01 1708344
2017-01-01 1691506
2018-01-01 1706085
2019-01-01 1735436
2020-01-01 1664714
2021-01-01 1675576
2022-01-01 1700318
2023-01-01 1708074
2024-01-01 1709319
2025-01-01 1737690

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