Forest City Township, IA Unemployment Rate Report

Forest City Township, IA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Forest-City-Township, Iowa has ranged from 1.7% in October 1999 to 11.3% in January 2009. The current unemployment rate for Forest-City-Township is 2.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Forest City Township, IA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Forest City Township, IA Current Unemployment - 2.7%

Forest City Township, IA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2022	5.5%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.8%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.3%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.5%	2.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.1%	2.2%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.6%	2.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.5%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.7%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2021	5.1%	4.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.7%	5.0%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.8%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.8%	4.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.3%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.7%	4.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.5%	4.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.1%	4.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.6%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.7%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.8%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.7%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2020	4.2%	3.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.8%	3.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.3%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.1%	10.7%	14.7%
5 / 2020	6.4%	9.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	5.3%	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	2.6%	3.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	2.4%	3.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.1%	4.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2019	4.3%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.2%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.3%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.1%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.5%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.3%	2.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.2%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.9%	2.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.7%	2.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.0%	2.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.8%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2018	4.8%	3.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.8%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.5%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.8%	2.6%	3.9%
5 / 2018	1.9%	2.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.2%	2.6%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.1%	2.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.1%	2.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	1.8%	2.2%	3.7%
10 / 2018	1.8%	2.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	1.7%	2.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.9%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2017	5.1%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.9%	3.9%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.3%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.1%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.7%	2.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.7%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.4%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.4%	3.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.3%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	1.8%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.1%	2.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.6%	2.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2016	5.1%	4.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.9%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.5%	3.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.3%	3.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.9%	3.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.6%	3.8%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.2%	3.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.3%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.1%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.8%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.6%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.7%	3.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2015	5.4%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.8%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.7%	4.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.3%	3.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.1%	3.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.1%	3.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	2.9%	3.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	2.7%	3.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.9%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.1%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.2%	3.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.1%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2014	5.7%	5.3%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.7%	5.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.2%	4.8%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.4%	4.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	3.6%	3.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.5%	4.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.3%	4.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.3%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.3%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.1%	3.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.1%	3.6%	5.8%
12 / 2014	3.9%	4.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2013	6.3%	6.0%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.4%	5.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.2%	5.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.6%	4.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	4.1%	4.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.1%	4.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	3.9%	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	3.5%	4.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.3%	4.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2012	6.5%	6.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.0%	6.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.1%	5.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	4.5%	4.8%	8.2%
5 / 2012	4.1%	4.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	4.3%	5.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.0%	4.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	3.9%	4.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	3.6%	4.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	3.6%	4.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	3.5%	4.6%	7.7%
12 / 2012	4.5%	5.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2011	7.0%	6.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.0%	6.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	6.3%	6.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.4%	5.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	4.9%	5.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.2%	5.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	4.8%	5.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	4.9%	5.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.6%	5.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	4.4%	5.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	4.3%	5.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.2%	5.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2010	9.0%	7.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.7%	7.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.1%	6.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.6%	5.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.3%	5.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	5.8%	5.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	5.4%	5.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	5.4%	5.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.2%	5.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	4.7%	5.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	4.9%	5.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	5.6%	5.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2009	11.3%	6.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.2%	6.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.3%	7.0%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.4%	6.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.6%	6.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.4%	6.6%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.5%	6.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.8%	6.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.6%	5.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.8%	6.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.3%	5.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.0%	6.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2008	4.5%	4.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.7%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.6%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.9%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.2%	3.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.0%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.7%	4.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.9%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.9%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.3%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.8%	4.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.3%	5.4%	7.3%

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

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2006	5.2%	4.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.5%	4.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.6%	4.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.6%	3.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.9%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.3%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.8%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.1%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.1%	3.4%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.9%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.1%	3.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.0%	3.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2005	6.1%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.6%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.6%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.3%	4.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.8%	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	4.0%	3.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.6%	3.7%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.0%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.8%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2004	5.9%	5.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.8%	5.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.5%	5.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.3%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.8%	4.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.3%	4.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.0%	4.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.0%	4.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.0%	4.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.7%	4.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.1%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.9%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2003	6.2%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.8%	5.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.5%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.9%	4.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.7%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.9%	4.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.8%	4.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.8%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.8%	4.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.5%	4.0%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.7%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.7%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2002	5.4%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.7%	4.6%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.6%	4.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.8%	4.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	2.7%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.8%	4.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.3%	3.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.2%	3.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.2%	3.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.2%	3.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.8%	3.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.6%	4.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2001	4.7%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.2%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.5%	3.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.7%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.4%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.9%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.3%	2.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.5%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.4%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.5%	3.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.2%	3.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.2%	3.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2000	4.2%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.1%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.0%	2.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.3%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.7%	2.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.0%	2.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.4%	2.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.6%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.6%	2.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.4%	2.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.9%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.4%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1999	4.5%	3.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.8%	3.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.9%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.7%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.2%	2.3%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.4%	2.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.9%	2.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.9%	2.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.8%	2.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.7%	2.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.1%	2.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.0%	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1998	4.5%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.1%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.3%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.1%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.1%	2.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.4%	2.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.1%	2.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.1%	2.6%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.5%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.8%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.3%	2.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.1%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1997	5.7%	4.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.7%	4.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.5%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.6%	3.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.4%	2.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.5%	3.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.2%	2.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.1%	2.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.0%	2.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.0%	2.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.5%	2.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.8%	3.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1996	6.4%	4.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.1%	4.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.7%	4.1%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.0%	3.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.9%	3.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.0%	3.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.4%	3.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.2%	3.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.1%	3.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.8%	3.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.3%	3.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.2%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1995	5.5%	4.3%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.9%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.7%	3.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.4%	3.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.8%	3.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.9%	3.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.9%	3.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.8%	3.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.7%	3.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.2%	3.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.4%	3.1%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.5%	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1994	5.2%	4.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.8%	4.5%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.9%	4.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.6%	3.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.7%	3.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.5%	3.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.6%	3.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.7%	3.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.2%	3.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.1%	3.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.8%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.1%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1993	5.9%	5.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	5.5%	4.9%	7.1%
3 / 1993	5.3%	4.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.6%	4.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.0%	3.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	2.9%	4.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	2.3%	4.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	2.9%	3.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.0%	3.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.9%	3.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.3%	3.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.4%	3.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1992	6.0%	5.8%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.7%	5.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.4%	5.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.3%	4.4%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.7%	4.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	3.9%	4.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.2%	4.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	3.0%	4.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.9%	4.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	3.1%	3.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.0%	3.9%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.1%	4.4%	7.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1991	5.9%	5.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.1%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.2%	5.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.2%	4.6%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.2%	4.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	3.3%	4.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	2.9%	4.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.0%	4.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.7%	4.2%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.5%	4.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.6%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.5%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1990	6.8%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.3%	4.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.6%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.4%	4.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.3%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.1%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.2%	3.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	2.8%	4.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.3%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.3%	4.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.6%	4.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.4%	4.8%	6.3%