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Iowa jobless rate holds at 6.2% in February
Iowa's unemployment rate stayed at 6.2 percent in February with 83,000 jobless in the state. Labor force gains, driven by seasonal farming and education hiring, lifted total employment by about 6,500 from January while overall year to year jobs fell, notably in manufacturing and retail. Linn County rose to 5.3 percent, while state figures show modest gains in nonmanufacturing sectors and mixed county trends.
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Gage Church Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Job Service of Iowa
Richard Freeman
Linn County
Allamakee
Benton
Black Hawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Butler
Cedar
Chickasaw
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Floyd
Grundy
Howard
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Louisa
Mitchell
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek