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March 16, 2021Des Moines, Iowa |  By: AP

Iowa's January unemployment rate drops to 3.5%


DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% in January as more residents joined the workforce.

The state's Workforce Development department reported Monday the rate was down from a revised 3.7% rate for December and compared to a 2.8% rate a year ago, before the coronavirus pandemic resulted in a severe economic slowdown.

Workforce Development says the state added 8,200 workers in January. There were 57,400 unemployed residents. Iowa was tied with Kansas for the nation's sixth-lowest unemployment rate.

South Dakota and Utah had the lowest rate, at 3.1%. The national unemployment rate for January was 6.3%.