Iowa Current Employment Statistics Monthly Newsletter Monthly tables of employment in Iowa's metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and Statewide. 

Iowa Quarterly Industry Review (PDF) A Web publication that compiles public announcements and articles from newspapers and periodicals about business events significant to Iowa labor markets as they are reported.

Local Employment Dynamics (LED) provides innovative demographic employment information available at the Census Bureau.

Iowa Factbook A publication by Legislative Services Agency that contains a range of facts, both financial and non-financial, regarding the State of Iowa.

Business Employment Dynamics (BED) is a set of statistics generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program and consists of gross job gains and gross job losses. These data help to provide a picture of the dynamic state of the labor market.

Iowa's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in April and is down 0.5 percent compared to one year ago. 

County unemployment rates map

Iowa Nonfarm Employment totaled 1,518,000 in April, unchanged since March. (PDF)

Iowa Worknet - Labor market information quarterly publication (PDF)

Iowa Labor Market Information Blog - A good source for dialog about issues that impact the Iowa economy. (Link)

Iowa Unemployment Insurance Claim Statistics now updated weekly.

April Year-to-Date new Vehicle Registrations are up 5.7% compared to last year. Registrations have increased by 7.2% for US auto makers while foreign auto makers are up 2.5%.

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