The State of Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from December 2015 to 2016 remained steady, just rising from 3.5% to 3.6%. In Washington County, unemployment was at 2.6% in December 2015 and 2.9% in December 2016. Taking a look back at 2016, Washington County’s highest unemployment rate was 3.9% in February and the lowest was 2.5% in both April and November.