Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 2-point-9 percent in March from a revised February rate of 3 percent.
The state’s labor force participation rate fell to 67 percent from 67-point-2 percent in February despite solid job growth.
The U-S unemployment rate fell to 3-point-8 percent in March.
The total number of working Iowans fell to 1,648,200 in March. This figure is 25-hundred lower than February and 17,400 lower than one year ago.
