Iowa’s unemployment rate has dropped slightly to 2.4 percent in October.
Cory Kelly of Iowa Workforce Development says that’s the lowest in the state in more than 18 years:
OC….second in the nation. :10
Iowa’s rate was the lowest since March 2000, that’s behind only Hawaii’s 2.3 percent rate.
Kelly says construction and manufacturing jobs increased in the state:
OC………..all sectors. ;13
The national unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in October.
There were an estimated 41,200 unemployed Iowa residents in October, and 1,647,100 people held jobs.
Radio Iowa contributed to this story
