Des Moines Township, IA Unemployment Rate Report

Des Moines Township, IA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Des-Moines-Township, Iowa has ranged from 1.4% in October 1999 to 10.5% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Des-Moines-Township is 2.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Des Moines Township, IA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Des Moines Township, IA Current Unemployment - 2.9%

Des Moines Township, IA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2022	5.2%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.4%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.8%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.4%	2.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.3%	2.2%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.7%	2.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.8%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.9%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2021	4.9%	4.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.2%	5.0%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.5%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.4%	4.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.5%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.8%	4.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.4%	4.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.2%	4.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.6%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.4%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.4%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.8%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2020	3.9%	3.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.4%	3.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.7%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.5%	10.7%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.0%	9.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.1%	6.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.8%	6.7%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.0%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	4.2%	4.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.1%	3.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.7%	3.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.3%	4.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2019	3.7%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.6%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.7%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.7%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.6%	2.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.8%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.8%	2.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.8%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.4%	2.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.5%	2.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.6%	2.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.1%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2018	3.7%	3.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.5%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.1%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.6%	2.6%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.3%	2.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.7%	2.6%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.6%	2.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.5%	2.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.3%	2.2%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.2%	2.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.2%	2.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.1%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2017	4.4%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.9%	3.9%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.6%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.2%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.1%	2.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.1%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.0%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.1%	3.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.8%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.4%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.4%	2.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.8%	2.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2016	4.5%	4.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.3%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.0%	3.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.4%	3.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.5%	3.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.5%	3.8%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.5%	3.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.4%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.2%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.0%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.9%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.4%	3.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2015	5.1%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.6%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.6%	4.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.8%	3.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.7%	3.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.8%	3.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.7%	3.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.6%	3.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.4%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.2%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.4%	3.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.8%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2014	5.3%	5.3%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.1%	5.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	4.8%	4.8%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.2%	4.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	3.8%	3.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.1%	4.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.0%	4.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.3%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.0%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.4%	3.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.0%	3.6%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.6%	4.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2013	6.5%	6.0%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.1%	5.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.9%	5.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.2%	4.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	4.9%	4.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.9%	4.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	4.7%	4.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.8%	4.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.4%	4.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	4.3%	4.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	4.6%	4.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.7%	4.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2012	7.7%	6.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.2%	6.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.5%	5.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.0%	4.8%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.6%	4.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.7%	5.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.3%	4.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.4%	4.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.9%	4.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.9%	4.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.1%	4.6%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.6%	5.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2011	8.3%	6.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.1%	6.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.7%	6.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.5%	5.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	6.3%	5.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.5%	5.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.0%	5.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	6.2%	5.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.1%	5.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.0%	5.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.1%	5.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.6%	5.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2010	8.7%	7.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.6%	7.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.1%	6.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.0%	5.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.7%	5.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.4%	5.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.1%	5.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.1%	5.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.7%	5.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.5%	5.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	6.7%	5.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.1%	5.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2009	9.7%	6.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.9%	6.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.7%	7.0%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.5%	6.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.1%	6.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.5%	6.6%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.0%	6.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.8%	6.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.4%	5.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.6%	6.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.0%	5.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.8%	6.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2008	9.6%	4.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.8%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.6%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.6%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.8%	3.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.1%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.9%	4.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.1%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.1%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.8%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.5%	4.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.5%	5.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2007	6.8%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.7%	4.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.5%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.8%	3.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.5%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.6%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.5%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.8%	3.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.6%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.3%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	7.7%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	8.9%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2006	5.8%	4.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.5%	4.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.3%	4.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.6%	3.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.5%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.9%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.7%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.8%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.8%	3.4%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.2%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.8%	3.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.5%	3.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2005	6.8%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.6%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.6%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.0%	4.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.5%	3.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.5%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.1%	4.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.2%	3.9%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.8%	3.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.5%	3.7%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.6%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.1%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2004	5.7%	5.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.6%	5.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.1%	5.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.3%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.5%	4.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.8%	4.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.6%	4.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.6%	4.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.3%	4.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.9%	4.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.8%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.9%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2003	5.9%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.8%	5.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.1%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.5%	4.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.2%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.5%	4.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.0%	4.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.4%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.6%	4.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.3%	4.0%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.5%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.1%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2002	4.9%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.8%	4.6%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.5%	4.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.0%	4.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.4%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.0%	4.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.6%	3.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.0%	3.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.5%	3.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.9%	3.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.0%	3.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.0%	4.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2001	3.4%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.7%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.7%	3.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.3%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.9%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.0%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.7%	2.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.0%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.7%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.6%	3.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	2.9%	3.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.4%	3.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2000	3.1%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.9%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.5%	2.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.1%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.0%	2.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.4%	2.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.2%	2.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.5%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.4%	2.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.1%	2.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.4%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.8%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1999	2.8%	3.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.4%	3.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.4%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.8%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.6%	2.3%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.7%	2.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.5%	2.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.1%	2.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.5%	2.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.4%	2.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.5%	2.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.1%	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1998	3.4%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.2%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.2%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.4%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.1%	2.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.1%	2.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.6%	2.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.9%	2.6%	4.5%
9 / 1998	1.8%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.7%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.8%	2.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.1%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1997	3.8%	4.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.6%	4.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.0%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.5%	3.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.0%	2.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.2%	3.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	1.8%	2.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.8%	2.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.2%	2.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.0%	2.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.2%	2.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.7%	3.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1996	4.0%	4.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	3.8%	4.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.3%	4.1%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.7%	3.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.4%	3.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.8%	3.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	3.0%	3.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.6%	3.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.6%	3.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.4%	3.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.8%	3.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.1%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1995	4.1%	4.3%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.8%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.8%	3.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.2%	3.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.0%	3.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.4%	3.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	3.2%	3.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.1%	3.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.8%	3.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.6%	3.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.0%	3.1%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.5%	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1994	4.3%	4.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.1%	4.5%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.1%	4.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.9%	3.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.7%	3.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.8%	3.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.5%	3.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.6%	3.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.6%	3.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.5%	3.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.6%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.4%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1993	4.8%	5.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	4.8%	4.9%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.8%	4.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.2%	4.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.6%	3.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.8%	4.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.1%	4.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.3%	3.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.0%	3.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.9%	3.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.7%	3.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.1%	3.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1992	4.7%	5.8%	7.3%
2 / 1992	4.7%	5.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	4.0%	5.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.2%	4.4%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.3%	4.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.3%	4.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.8%	4.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	3.8%	4.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.6%	4.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	3.0%	3.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.2%	3.9%	7.4%
12 / 1992	3.9%	4.4%	7.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1991	5.8%	5.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.8%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.4%	5.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.8%	4.6%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.6%	4.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.5%	4.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	3.9%	4.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.9%	4.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.8%	4.2%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.6%	4.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.6%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.9%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1990	4.3%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.1%	4.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.8%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.9%	4.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.6%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.8%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.1%	3.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.0%	4.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.8%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.3%	4.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.6%	4.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.2%	4.8%	6.3%