Unemployment Continues Its Downward Trend in the Raccoon River Valley Area

Image courtesy of Iowa Workforce Development
Image courtesy of Iowa Workforce Development

Most of the counties in the Raccoon River Valley area continue to see a decrease in unemployment in Iowa.

According to Iowa Workforce Development, Dallas County dropped to 1.2-percent unemployment in November, which was a 0.1-percent decrease from October. Greene County also had a 0.1-percent dip from October to November to 1.4-percent. Guthrie County remained the same at 1.6-percent.

All three counties continue to outpace the state’s overall unemployment rate from November of 2.4-percent. The national percentage of those without a job in November was 3.7-percent.

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