Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3-point-1 percent in November, and the state’s labor force participating rate rose to 66-point-3 percent amid a strong influx of new workers.
Iowa Workforce Development reports that with the influx of work seekers, the number of unemployed Iowans increased to 53-thousand in November from 51-thousand in October.
The total number of working Iowans fell to 1,632,600 in November. This figure is 400 lower than October and 20,900 lower than one year ago.
