Unemployment continues its downward trend in the Raccoon Valley Radio-listening area.

According to Iowa Workforce Development, Dallas County dropped 0.3-percent from October to November to 1.8-percent unemployment. Greene County had a 0.2-percent decrease in unemployment from October to November to 2.2-percent. Guthrie County went from 2.9-percent unemployment in October to 2.8-percent in November, a 0.1-percent change. 

All three counties are doing slightly better for unemployment compared to this time last year. Iowa Workforce Development reports in November 2020, Guthrie County was at 2.9-percent unemployment, while Greene County was at 2.6-percent and Dallas County was at 2.2-percent.

Iowa’s unemployment rate for this last month was 3.7-percent, a 0.2-percent decrease from October, and the national unemployment rate also dropped 0.4-percent from October to November to 4.2-percent.