Iowa’s labor force participation rate rose to 67-point-2 percent in April as 5-thousand Iowans joined the workforce.
Meanwhile, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3-point-5 percent in April, up slightly from 3-point-4 percent in March.
Iowa’s jobless rate was 2-point-8 percent one year ago.
The total number of working Iowans increased to 1,667,100 in April. This figure is 3-thousand higher than in March and 45-hundred higher than one year ago.
