Howard Center Township, IA Unemployment Rate Report

Howard Center Township, IA Historical Unemployment Trends

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

Howard Center Township, IA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Howard Center Township, IA Current Unemployment - 2.7%

Howard Center Township, IA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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	Howard Center 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%