Des Moines County, IA Unemployment Rate Report

Des Moines County, IA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Des Moines County, Iowa has ranged from 2.0% in November 1999 to 14.8% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Des Moines County is 4.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Des Moines County, IA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Des Moines County, IA Current Unemployment - 4.7%

Des Moines County, IA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2022	6.4%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.5%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.9%	2.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.0%	2.2%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.4%	2.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.5%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.7%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2021	6.6%	4.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.8%	5.0%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.0%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.6%	4.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.2%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.1%	4.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.5%	4.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.7%	4.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.2%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.3%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.2%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.3%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2020	4.8%	3.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.0%	3.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.7%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.8%	10.7%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.7%	9.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.5%	6.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.5%	6.7%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.0%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.9%	4.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.6%	3.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.5%	3.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.7%	4.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2019	4.5%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.2%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.1%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.4%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.6%	2.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.2%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.8%	2.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.5%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.7%	2.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.6%	2.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.8%	2.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.2%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2018	4.7%	3.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.2%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.7%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.2%	2.6%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.9%	2.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.4%	2.6%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.2%	2.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.2%	2.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	2.2%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.8%	2.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.1%	2.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.5%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2017	5.3%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.3%	3.9%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.4%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.3%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.1%	2.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.5%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.3%	3.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.6%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.1%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.3%	2.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.0%	2.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2016	6.0%	4.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.3%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.0%	3.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.1%	3.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.9%	3.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.2%	3.8%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.0%	3.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.3%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.5%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.4%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.2%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.4%	3.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2015	5.3%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.9%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.6%	4.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.2%	3.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.8%	3.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.8%	3.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.7%	3.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.0%	3.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.3%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.1%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.3%	3.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.7%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2014	6.4%	5.3%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.1%	5.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.5%	4.8%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.8%	4.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.6%	3.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.9%	4.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.7%	4.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.8%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.6%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.3%	3.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.2%	3.6%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.3%	4.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2013	8.5%	6.0%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.0%	5.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.4%	5.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.8%	4.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.5%	4.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.4%	4.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.0%	4.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.5%	4.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.4%	4.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.6%	4.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.1%	4.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.2%	4.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2012	7.3%	6.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.9%	6.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.5%	5.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.8%	4.8%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.7%	4.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.9%	5.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.1%	4.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.9%	4.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.0%	4.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.7%	4.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.8%	4.6%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.4%	5.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2011	8.2%	6.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.8%	6.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.5%	6.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.6%	5.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	6.4%	5.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.5%	5.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.1%	5.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	6.5%	5.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.4%	5.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.2%	5.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.2%	5.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.5%	5.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2010	9.2%	7.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.0%	7.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.4%	6.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.6%	5.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.0%	5.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.2%	5.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	6.5%	5.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.1%	5.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.0%	5.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.9%	5.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	6.7%	5.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.0%	5.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2009	9.1%	6.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.8%	6.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.1%	7.0%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.5%	6.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.5%	6.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.8%	6.6%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.6%	6.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.8%	6.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.3%	5.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.8%	6.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.8%	5.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.5%	6.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2008	6.4%	4.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.9%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.5%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.2%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.9%	3.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.5%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.6%	4.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.7%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.8%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.9%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.4%	4.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.7%	5.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2007	5.2%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.2%	4.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.6%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.3%	3.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.9%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.1%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.8%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.1%	3.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.9%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.1%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.6%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.2%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2006	5.5%	4.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.6%	4.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.0%	4.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.5%	3.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.1%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.7%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.5%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.2%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.1%	3.4%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.3%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.6%	3.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.8%	3.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2005	6.9%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.5%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.9%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.3%	4.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.0%	3.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.1%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.7%	4.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.0%	3.9%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.6%	3.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.3%	3.7%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.6%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.2%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2004	6.7%	5.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.3%	5.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.3%	5.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.8%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.5%	4.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.0%	4.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.5%	4.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.9%	4.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.5%	4.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.4%	4.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.4%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.3%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2003	7.5%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.5%	5.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.1%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.8%	4.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.7%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.4%	4.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.4%	4.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.3%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.4%	4.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.8%	4.0%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.6%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.1%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2002	7.3%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.9%	4.6%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.8%	4.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.0%	4.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.4%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.6%	4.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.1%	3.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.1%	3.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.3%	3.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.4%	3.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.6%	3.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.0%	4.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2001	5.0%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.5%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.8%	3.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.2%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.7%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.3%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.4%	2.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.9%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.7%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.0%	3.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.4%	3.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.9%	3.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2000	4.5%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.1%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.5%	2.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.1%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.0%	2.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.5%	2.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.9%	2.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.2%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.2%	2.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.4%	2.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.6%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.7%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1999	4.0%	3.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.8%	3.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.7%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.5%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.4%	2.3%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.4%	2.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.6%	2.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.9%	2.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.4%	2.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.1%	2.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.0%	2.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.0%	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1998	4.4%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.4%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.5%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.8%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.6%	2.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.1%	2.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.6%	2.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.8%	2.6%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.7%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.6%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.8%	2.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.0%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1997	5.0%	4.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.9%	4.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.0%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.0%	3.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.8%	2.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.0%	3.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.5%	2.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.6%	2.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.4%	2.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.2%	2.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.1%	2.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.2%	3.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1996	5.3%	4.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.4%	4.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.2%	4.1%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.6%	3.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.9%	3.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.8%	3.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.1%	3.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.9%	3.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.5%	3.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.7%	3.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.6%	3.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.9%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1995	5.5%	4.3%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.9%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.3%	3.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.0%	3.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.7%	3.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.4%	3.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.0%	3.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.7%	3.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.9%	3.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.7%	3.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.8%	3.1%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.9%	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1994	5.9%	4.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.7%	4.5%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.1%	4.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.6%	3.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.9%	3.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.3%	3.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.5%	3.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.9%	3.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.1%	3.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.7%	3.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.6%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.9%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1993	7.3%	5.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.4%	4.9%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.0%	4.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.5%	4.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.4%	3.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.3%	4.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.2%	4.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.4%	3.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.0%	3.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.7%	3.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.2%	3.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.7%	3.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1992	9.8%	5.8%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.2%	5.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.7%	5.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.1%	4.4%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.8%	4.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	5.8%	4.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.7%	4.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.0%	4.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	4.9%	4.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.0%	3.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.9%	3.9%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.3%	4.4%	7.4%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1991	7.0%	5.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.5%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.4%	5.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.1%	4.6%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.2%	4.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.2%	4.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.5%	4.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.5%	4.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.9%	4.2%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.1%	4.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.1%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.5%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Des Moines County, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1990	5.7%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.7%	4.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.4%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.8%	4.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.7%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.8%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.4%	3.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.0%	4.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.5%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.5%	4.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.4%	4.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.5%	4.8%	6.3%