Manchester, IA Unemployment Rate Report

Manchester, IA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Manchester, Iowa has ranged from 1.5% in November 2018 to 8.7% in March 2009. The current unemployment rate for Manchester is 2.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Manchester, IA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Manchester, IA Current Unemployment - 2.2%

Manchester, IA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2022	4.0%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.2%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.7%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	1.9%	2.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	1.7%	2.2%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.1%	2.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.1%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.2%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2021	4.1%	4.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.6%	5.0%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.7%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.3%	4.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.2%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.6%	4.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.2%	4.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.1%	4.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.4%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.5%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.3%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.7%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2020	3.4%	3.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.0%	3.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.5%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	8.6%	10.7%	14.7%
5 / 2020	7.1%	9.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	5.9%	6.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	4.9%	6.7%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.2%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.0%	4.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	2.2%	3.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	2.4%	3.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	2.6%	4.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2019	3.3%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.9%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.0%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.1%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	1.9%	2.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.2%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.3%	2.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.3%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.9%	2.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.9%	2.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.1%	2.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.5%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2018	3.4%	3.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	2.9%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.6%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.1%	2.6%	3.9%
5 / 2018	1.8%	2.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.0%	2.6%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.3%	2.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	1.8%	2.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	1.6%	2.2%	3.7%
10 / 2018	1.6%	2.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	1.5%	2.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.2%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2017	4.7%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.0%	3.9%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.5%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.5%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.4%	2.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.5%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.3%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.3%	3.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.1%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	1.8%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	1.7%	2.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.4%	2.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2016	4.5%	4.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.1%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.7%	3.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.2%	3.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.1%	3.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.4%	3.8%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.4%	3.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.2%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.1%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.1%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.9%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.7%	3.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2015	4.8%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.6%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.3%	4.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.0%	3.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	2.9%	3.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.1%	3.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.1%	3.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.2%	3.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.8%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.7%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	2.7%	3.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.5%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2014	5.3%	5.3%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.2%	5.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.0%	4.8%	6.7%
4 / 2014	3.6%	4.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	3.3%	3.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.3%	4.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.4%	4.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.4%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.2%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	2.9%	3.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.0%	3.6%	5.8%
12 / 2014	3.6%	4.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2013	6.0%	6.0%	8.0%
2 / 2013	5.6%	5.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.3%	5.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	4.6%	4.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	3.8%	4.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	3.9%	4.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	3.8%	4.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	3.9%	4.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	3.7%	4.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	3.5%	4.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	3.6%	4.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.0%	4.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2012	6.0%	6.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.1%	6.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	5.2%	5.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	4.4%	4.8%	8.2%
5 / 2012	4.0%	4.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	4.1%	5.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.1%	4.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.2%	4.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	3.8%	4.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	3.7%	4.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.0%	4.6%	7.7%
12 / 2012	4.5%	5.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2011	7.1%	6.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.4%	6.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	6.8%	6.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.3%	5.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	4.9%	5.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.3%	5.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	5.0%	5.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.1%	5.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.6%	5.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	4.4%	5.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	4.5%	5.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.0%	5.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2010	7.7%	7.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.8%	7.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.8%	6.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.0%	5.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	5.9%	5.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	5.6%	5.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	5.5%	5.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	5.6%	5.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.3%	5.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	4.9%	5.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	4.8%	5.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	5.7%	5.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2009	7.8%	6.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.1%	6.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.7%	7.0%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.2%	6.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.3%	6.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.0%	6.6%	9.5%
7 / 2009	6.1%	6.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.2%	6.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.1%	5.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.0%	6.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	5.6%	5.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	6.4%	6.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2008	4.8%	4.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.7%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.4%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.6%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.1%	3.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.4%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.3%	4.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.5%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.5%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.4%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.2%	4.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.9%	5.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2007	4.5%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.1%	4.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.4%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.6%	3.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.0%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.1%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.0%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.4%	3.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.4%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.7%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.8%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.6%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2006	5.2%	4.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.1%	4.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.5%	4.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.5%	3.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.1%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.4%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.3%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.4%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.1%	3.4%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.2%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.1%	3.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.4%	3.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2005	6.3%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.1%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.9%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.2%	4.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.7%	3.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.9%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.5%	4.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.6%	3.9%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.6%	3.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.5%	3.7%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.6%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.1%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2004	6.2%	5.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.8%	5.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.4%	5.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.3%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.1%	4.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.2%	4.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.5%	4.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.1%	4.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.0%	4.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.8%	4.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.8%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.6%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2003	6.9%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.7%	5.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.8%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.7%	4.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.3%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.7%	4.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.3%	4.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.2%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.1%	4.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.8%	4.0%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.8%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.8%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2002	5.7%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.3%	4.6%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.1%	4.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.2%	4.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.2%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.6%	4.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.2%	3.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.1%	3.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.4%	3.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.6%	3.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.8%	3.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.4%	4.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2001	5.0%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.9%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.0%	3.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.7%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.7%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.0%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.5%	2.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.8%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.7%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.1%	3.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.6%	3.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.1%	3.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2000	4.3%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.2%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.1%	2.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.5%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.1%	2.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.3%	2.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.0%	2.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.3%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.3%	2.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.4%	2.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.9%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.5%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1999	5.7%	3.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.5%	3.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.5%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.2%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.5%	2.3%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.8%	2.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.6%	2.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.2%	2.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.0%	2.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.8%	2.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.4%	2.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.0%	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1998	6.2%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.0%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.9%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.6%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.8%	2.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.3%	2.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.7%	2.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.3%	2.6%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.8%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.5%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.4%	2.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.8%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1997	7.1%	4.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.0%	4.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.3%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.9%	3.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.9%	2.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.2%	3.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.7%	2.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.7%	2.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.7%	2.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.7%	2.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.7%	2.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.2%	3.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1996	8.0%	4.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.9%	4.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.4%	4.1%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.8%	3.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.0%	3.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.5%	3.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.0%	3.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.3%	3.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.1%	3.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.7%	3.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.8%	3.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.6%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1995	7.0%	4.3%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.5%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.2%	3.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.7%	3.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.0%	3.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.3%	3.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.0%	3.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.7%	3.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.7%	3.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.6%	3.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.3%	3.1%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.0%	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1994	7.4%	4.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.7%	4.5%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.7%	4.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.1%	3.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.5%	3.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.6%	3.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.4%	3.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.9%	3.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.4%	3.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.0%	3.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.2%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.1%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1993	8.4%	5.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.3%	4.9%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.9%	4.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.1%	4.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.3%	3.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.2%	4.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.5%	4.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.0%	3.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.4%	3.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.2%	3.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.6%	3.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.1%	3.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1992	8.4%	5.8%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.3%	5.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.5%	5.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.8%	4.4%	7.4%
5 / 1992	4.3%	4.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.5%	4.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.7%	4.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.7%	4.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	4.1%	4.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.2%	3.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.4%	3.9%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.1%	4.4%	7.4%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1991	6.9%	5.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.2%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.6%	5.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.9%	4.6%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.8%	4.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.2%	4.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.7%	4.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.4%	4.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.3%	4.2%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.3%	4.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.3%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.8%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Manchester, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1990	6.6%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.2%	4.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.0%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.8%	4.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.9%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.9%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.9%	3.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.1%	4.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.5%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.0%	4.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.6%	4.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.9%	4.8%	6.3%