West Des Moines Township, IA Unemployment Rate Report

West Des Moines Township, IA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Des-Moines-Township, Iowa has ranged from 1.7% in October 1999 to 10.5% in August 2009. The current unemployment rate for West-Des-Moines-Township is 2.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Des Moines Township, IA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

West Des Moines Township, IA Current Unemployment - 2.6%

West Des Moines Township, IA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2022	3.7%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.8%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.7%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	1.9%	2.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	1.9%	2.2%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.4%	2.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.7%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.6%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2021	4.1%	4.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.2%	5.0%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.9%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.0%	4.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.0%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.2%	4.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.9%	4.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.7%	4.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.0%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.8%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.8%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.9%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2020	3.3%	3.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.8%	3.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.3%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	9.7%	10.7%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.7%	9.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.8%	6.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.7%	6.7%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.2%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.7%	4.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	2.8%	3.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.1%	3.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.0%	4.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2019	2.8%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.7%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.8%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.2%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.6%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.7%	2.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.7%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.4%	2.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.4%	2.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.2%	2.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.6%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2018	4.0%	3.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.3%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.0%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.5%	2.6%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.2%	2.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.6%	2.6%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.5%	2.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.4%	2.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.1%	2.2%	3.7%
10 / 2018	1.8%	2.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	1.8%	2.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.4%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.9%	3.9%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.7%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.1%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.0%	2.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.2%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.1%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.3%	3.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.9%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.7%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.5%	2.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.8%	2.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2016	4.6%	4.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.4%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.1%	3.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.5%	3.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.5%	3.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.8%	3.8%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.9%	3.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.6%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.5%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.3%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.1%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.4%	3.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2015	5.2%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.6%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.5%	4.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.7%	3.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.8%	3.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.0%	3.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.1%	3.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.7%	3.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.6%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.5%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.3%	3.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.8%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2014	5.3%	5.3%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.4%	5.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.1%	4.8%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.1%	4.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.1%	3.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.2%	4.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.2%	4.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.0%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.0%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.7%	3.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.7%	3.6%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.4%	4.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2013	5.9%	6.0%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.0%	5.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.7%	5.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	4.9%	4.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	4.4%	4.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.8%	4.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	4.6%	4.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.5%	4.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.5%	4.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	4.2%	4.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	4.1%	4.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.4%	4.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2012	6.5%	6.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.6%	6.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	5.9%	5.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.0%	4.8%	8.2%
5 / 2012	4.9%	4.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.1%	5.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.0%	4.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.0%	4.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.7%	4.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.4%	4.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.3%	4.6%	7.7%
12 / 2012	4.9%	5.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2011	7.3%	6.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.2%	6.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	6.7%	6.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.2%	5.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.1%	5.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.8%	5.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	5.5%	5.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.8%	5.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.5%	5.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.0%	5.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	5.0%	5.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.6%	5.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2010	8.3%	7.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.7%	7.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.2%	6.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.8%	5.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.2%	5.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.4%	5.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	6.4%	5.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	6.2%	5.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.0%	5.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	5.6%	5.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	5.8%	5.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	6.2%	5.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2009	8.7%	6.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.6%	6.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.7%	7.0%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.7%	6.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.3%	6.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.2%	6.6%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.8%	6.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.5%	6.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.0%	5.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.7%	6.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.7%	5.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.4%	6.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2008	4.4%	4.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.8%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.4%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.1%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.0%	3.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.5%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.3%	4.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.5%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.5%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.4%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.8%	4.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.2%	5.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2007	4.1%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.4%	4.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.2%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.6%	3.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.4%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.7%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.5%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.5%	3.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.4%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.0%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.1%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.4%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2006	4.9%	4.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.6%	4.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.9%	4.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.3%	3.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.1%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.6%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.7%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.6%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.5%	3.4%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.2%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.1%	3.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.4%	3.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2005	5.1%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.9%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.5%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.0%	4.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.8%	3.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.1%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.0%	4.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.0%	3.9%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.0%	3.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.1%	3.7%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.2%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.7%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2004	5.2%	5.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.0%	5.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.8%	5.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.1%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.0%	4.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.6%	4.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.3%	4.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.5%	4.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.3%	4.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.0%	4.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.0%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.1%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2003	5.9%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.6%	5.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.5%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.9%	4.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.6%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.2%	4.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.9%	4.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.7%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.3%	4.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.0%	4.0%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.2%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.6%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2002	4.8%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.5%	4.6%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.8%	4.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.3%	4.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.7%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.5%	4.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.7%	3.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.5%	3.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.0%	3.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.9%	3.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.5%	3.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.1%	4.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2001	3.4%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.2%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.5%	3.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.4%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.8%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.2%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.1%	2.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.1%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.5%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.6%	3.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.9%	3.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.0%	3.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 2000	3.1%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.0%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.6%	2.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.2%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.0%	2.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.1%	2.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.0%	2.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.1%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.1%	2.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.1%	2.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.2%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.5%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1999	3.3%	3.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.8%	3.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.7%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.4%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.8%	2.3%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.3%	2.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.2%	2.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.2%	2.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.0%	2.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.7%	2.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.9%	2.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.2%	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1998	3.2%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.8%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.8%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.5%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.4%	2.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.5%	2.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.3%	2.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.2%	2.6%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.1%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.9%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.9%	2.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.2%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1997	4.1%	4.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.7%	4.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.3%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.6%	3.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.3%	2.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.8%	3.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.2%	2.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.5%	2.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.2%	2.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.0%	2.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.3%	2.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.7%	3.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1996	4.5%	4.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.4%	4.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.0%	4.1%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.4%	3.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.0%	3.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.1%	3.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	3.1%	3.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.1%	3.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.9%	3.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.6%	3.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.6%	3.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.0%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1995	4.0%	4.3%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.8%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.4%	3.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.9%	3.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.8%	3.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.8%	3.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.7%	3.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.3%	3.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.4%	3.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.2%	3.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.7%	3.1%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.1%	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1994	3.7%	4.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.7%	4.5%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.6%	4.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.8%	3.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.5%	3.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.9%	3.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.6%	3.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.9%	3.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.8%	3.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.6%	3.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.4%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.8%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1993	4.6%	5.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	5.0%	4.9%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.6%	4.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.3%	4.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.1%	3.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	4.0%	4.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.9%	4.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.6%	3.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.6%	3.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.1%	3.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.0%	3.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.0%	3.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1992	4.5%	5.8%	7.3%
2 / 1992	4.4%	5.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	4.1%	5.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.4%	4.4%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.4%	4.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.0%	4.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.8%	4.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.1%	4.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.7%	4.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	3.5%	3.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.6%	3.9%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.1%	4.4%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1991	4.6%	5.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.3%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.7%	5.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.3%	4.6%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.2%	4.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.3%	4.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.6%	4.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.1%	4.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.9%	4.2%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.6%	4.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.2%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.2%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Des Moines Township, IA%	Iowa%	National %
1 / 1990	4.7%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.2%	4.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.9%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.6%	4.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.6%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.7%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.4%	3.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.3%	4.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.1%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.6%	4.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.4%	4.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.8%	4.8%	6.3%