September saw unemployment rates drop slightly in the KCII listening area.

The unemployment dropped from 2.4-2.0% in Washington County, 3.1-2.5% in Louisa County, 2.9-2.5% in Henry County, 2.2-1.8% in Iowa County, 2.4-2.0% in Johnson County, 2.6-2.2% in Jefferson County, and 3.0-2.6% in Keokuk County. In September, unemployment increased slightly on a state level from 2.6-2.7% and decreased slightly from 3.7-3.5% across the United States.

All of Iowa’s 99 counties had lower unemployment than in September of last year, and the total number of working Iowans decreased slightly to 1,662,900 in September, a decrease of approximately 1,800 workers.