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Iowa jobless rate edged higher in August
August brought no relief to Iowa's unemployment situation.
The state's unemployment rate dipped back down to 6.1 percent on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. That's exactly where it had been in March before falling to 6 percent for the months of April, May, June and July.
Overall employment in the state fell by 5,000 to 1,563,200, and the size of the labor force declined to 1,665,100, a drop of 3,500 from July.
Iowa's unemployment rate remained about 3 percentage points beneath the national August jobless rate of 9.1 percent.
Employment kiosks set up in the North Liberty Library are among the first virtual unemployment offices to be set up to help communities go back to work, Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Kenny Knutson/The Gazette)
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