Washington County November unemployment steady at 5%

Washington County's unemployment rate held steady at 5.0% from October into November, 2010.  This is the 2nd lowest unemployment rate in Eastern Iowa, behind Johnson County.  The total laborforce held steady at 12,200 with 11,600 employed persons in the County.

Of the estimated 600 Washington County unemployed persons, only 168 were drawing Unemployment Insurance benefits (down from 176 in November and 215 in September).  For 19 of those receiving Unemployment benefits, their last payment occurred in November, while 31 received their first Unemployment benefit payment.

The State and County data is from the Labor Market and Economic Research Bureau of the Iowa Workforce Development.