Van Meter Township, IA Unemployment Rate Report

Van Meter Township, IA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Van-Meter-Township, Iowa has ranged from 1.3% in July 1999 to 7.8% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Van-Meter-Township is 2.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Van Meter Township, IA Unemployment Rate by Month

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Van Meter Township, IA Current Unemployment - 2.1%

Van Meter Township, IA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2022	2.9%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.2%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.3%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	1.5%	2.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	1.6%	2.2%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.0%	2.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.0%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.1%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2021	3.2%	4.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	3.2%	5.0%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.0%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	2.9%	4.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.2%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.4%	4.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.1%	4.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.9%	4.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.3%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.4%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.2%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.4%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2020	2.5%	3.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.0%	3.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	2.4%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	7.8%	10.7%	14.7%
5 / 2020	7.2%	9.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.1%	6.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	4.9%	6.7%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.4%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.1%	4.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	2.2%	3.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	2.4%	3.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	2.3%	4.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2019	2.3%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.1%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.1%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	1.8%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	1.9%	2.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.1%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.1%	2.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.0%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.7%	2.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.6%	2.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	1.7%	2.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.1%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2018	2.3%	3.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	2.1%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.0%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	1.6%	2.6%	3.9%
5 / 2018	1.6%	2.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	1.9%	2.6%	4.0%
7 / 2018	1.8%	2.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	1.8%	2.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	1.6%	2.2%	3.7%
10 / 2018	1.4%	2.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	1.3%	2.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	1.8%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2017	2.8%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	2.6%	3.9%	4.7%
3 / 2017	2.3%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.0%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.1%	2.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.3%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.2%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.2%	3.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.1%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	1.7%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	1.7%	2.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	1.8%	2.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2016	3.1%	4.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.0%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	2.7%	3.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	2.5%	3.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.5%	3.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.0%	3.8%	4.9%
7 / 2016	2.8%	3.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	2.8%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.6%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.3%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.1%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.4%	3.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2015	3.6%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	3.2%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	3.1%	4.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	2.8%	3.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	2.8%	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	2.7%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.5%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	2.4%	3.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	2.6%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2014	3.8%	5.3%	6.6%
2 / 2014	3.8%	5.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	3.6%	4.8%	6.7%
4 / 2014	3.2%	4.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	3.1%	3.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.4%	4.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.2%	4.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.2%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.0%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.0%	3.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	2.7%	3.6%	5.8%
12 / 2014	2.9%	4.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2013	4.3%	6.0%	8.0%
2 / 2013	4.0%	5.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	4.0%	5.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	3.6%	4.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	3.4%	4.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	3.8%	4.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	3.5%	4.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	3.6%	4.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	3.4%	4.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	3.4%	4.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	3.2%	4.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	3.3%	4.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2012	4.5%	6.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	4.4%	6.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	4.2%	5.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	3.8%	4.8%	8.2%
5 / 2012	3.8%	4.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	4.1%	5.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.0%	4.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	3.9%	4.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	3.5%	4.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	3.6%	4.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	3.5%	4.6%	7.7%
12 / 2012	3.7%	5.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2011	4.9%	6.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	4.8%	6.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	4.6%	6.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	4.1%	5.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	4.1%	5.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	4.5%	5.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	4.1%	5.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	4.3%	5.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.1%	5.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	3.8%	5.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	3.8%	5.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	4.1%	5.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2010	5.2%	7.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	5.1%	7.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	5.1%	6.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	4.4%	5.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	4.2%	5.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	4.5%	5.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	4.3%	5.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	4.5%	5.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	4.3%	5.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	4.2%	5.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	4.3%	5.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	4.5%	5.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2009	5.2%	6.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.3%	6.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	5.3%	7.0%	8.7%
4 / 2009	4.7%	6.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	4.6%	6.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	5.2%	6.6%	9.5%
7 / 2009	4.9%	6.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	4.9%	6.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	4.8%	5.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	4.5%	6.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	4.6%	5.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	5.2%	6.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2008	3.5%	4.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.4%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.2%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.9%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.0%	3.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.3%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.1%	4.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.4%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.1%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.2%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	3.2%	4.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.1%	5.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2007	3.3%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.3%	4.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.0%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.7%	3.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.5%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	2.9%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	2.5%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.9%	3.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.8%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.6%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.7%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.0%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2006	3.5%	4.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.5%	4.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.1%	4.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.7%	3.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.6%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.0%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.7%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.7%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.7%	3.4%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.5%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.5%	3.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.7%	3.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2005	4.1%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.0%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.6%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.2%	4.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.3%	3.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.4%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.2%	4.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.2%	3.9%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.2%	3.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.0%	3.7%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.1%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.4%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2004	4.1%	5.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.1%	5.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.0%	5.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.0%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.1%	4.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.5%	4.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.1%	4.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.4%	4.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.2%	4.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.1%	4.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.1%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.3%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2003	3.9%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	3.8%	5.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.8%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.3%	4.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.1%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.5%	4.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.2%	4.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.2%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.2%	4.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.8%	4.0%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.0%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.2%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2002	3.3%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.1%	4.6%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.0%	4.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	2.7%	4.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	2.4%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.0%	4.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	2.7%	3.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	2.8%	3.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.6%	3.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.9%	3.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.0%	3.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.4%	4.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2001	2.7%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.7%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.8%	3.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.4%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	1.9%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.2%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.1%	2.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.2%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.1%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.2%	3.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	2.4%	3.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	2.6%	3.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2000	2.4%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.3%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.1%	2.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	1.8%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	1.6%	2.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	1.9%	2.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	1.6%	2.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	1.8%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.8%	2.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.7%	2.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.7%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.1%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1999	2.3%	3.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.0%	3.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	1.9%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.5%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.5%	2.3%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.6%	2.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.3%	2.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.6%	2.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.3%	2.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.6%	2.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.5%	2.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.5%	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1998	2.4%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.3%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.3%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.6%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.4%	2.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.0%	2.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.5%	2.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	1.8%	2.6%	4.5%
9 / 1998	1.7%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.6%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.5%	2.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.6%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1997	3.0%	4.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	2.6%	4.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.6%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.0%	3.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	1.7%	2.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.1%	3.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	1.6%	2.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.9%	2.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.7%	2.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.8%	2.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.8%	2.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.0%	3.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1996	2.9%	4.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	2.7%	4.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	2.5%	4.1%	5.5%
4 / 1996	2.1%	3.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.2%	3.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.2%	3.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	1.9%	3.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	1.9%	3.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.9%	3.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.8%	3.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.0%	3.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.2%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1995	3.3%	4.3%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.0%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 1995	2.7%	3.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.3%	3.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.3%	3.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.3%	3.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.2%	3.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.1%	3.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.0%	3.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.0%	3.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.4%	3.1%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.2%	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1994	3.7%	4.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.4%	4.5%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.3%	4.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.7%	3.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.6%	3.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.6%	3.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.2%	3.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.2%	3.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.4%	3.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.4%	3.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.5%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.5%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1993	3.5%	5.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.1%	4.9%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.2%	4.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	3.0%	4.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	2.6%	3.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.1%	4.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.1%	4.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	2.6%	3.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.5%	3.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.6%	3.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.1%	3.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.1%	3.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1992	4.7%	5.8%	7.3%
2 / 1992	4.2%	5.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	3.8%	5.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.4%	4.4%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.3%	4.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	3.7%	4.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.1%	4.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	3.2%	4.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.2%	4.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.7%	3.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.8%	3.9%	7.4%
12 / 1992	3.5%	4.4%	7.4%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1991	4.0%	5.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	3.9%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	3.7%	5.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	2.8%	4.6%	6.7%
5 / 1991	2.9%	4.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	3.4%	4.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	3.0%	4.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.0%	4.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.3%	4.2%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.3%	4.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.5%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.1%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Van Meter Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1990	4.8%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.3%	4.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.0%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.7%	4.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.8%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.1%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.6%	3.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.1%	4.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.2%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.8%	4.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	2.7%	4.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.0%	4.8%	6.3%