Washington County's Labor Force is back on the increase. From February to March, the County's Labor Force increased by 100 to 12,400. This is a typical pattern as Spring rolls around.
The number of unemployed persons remained the same between February and March at 800.
With the slightly growing labor force, the unemployment rate increased from 6.7% to 6.8% in March.
Across Iowa, 75 Counties had increased labor force numbers. The State's total Labor Force increased by 2,900 to 1,685,100.
46 Counties also had an increase in the number of people unemployed. Only 33 Counties had a falling unemployment rate.
In the Iowa City MSA (Johnson and Washington Counties), the Labor Force increased by 500 to 93,100. The unemployment rate for the metro increased to 5.1% with a total of 4,700 people unemployed.
Ed Raber, Exec. Director WEDG 205 W. Main Street Washington, IA 52353-1722 office (319) 653-3942 mobile (319) 653-8605 wedg@washingtoniowa.org wedg.washingtoniowa.org tinyurl.com/wedgfacebook
