Statewide Iowa — Iowa’s unemployment rate fell again in recent numbers announced for February. Iowa Workforce Development Director, Beth Townsend, says there were a lot of positive numbers in the monthly data.
She says there are several things that have helped drop the unemployment rate.
The number of people seeking work also increased in February. Townsend says some of the current economic factors play a role.
Democrats have criticized the job numbers, saying it includes people who have to hold two jobs because the jobs aren’t paying enough.
Townsend says the demand for workers is a major factor as well.
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to three-point-five percent in February from three-point-seven percent in January. The was down from the four-point-four percent jobless rate one year ago in February.
