October saw little change in unemployment for the Raccoon Valley Radio-listening area.

According to Iowa Workforce Development, Guthrie County dropped 0.1 percent for unemployment from September to October to 2.9-percent. Greene County remained the same from September to October with 2.4-percent unemployment. Dallas County saw a slight increase of 0.1-percent unemployment from September to October to 2.1-percent.

Iowa saw a slight decrease in unemployment in October at 3.9-percent, a 0.1-percent change from September. Nationwide, the unemployment rate for October was 4.6-percent.