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Data extracted on: August 25, 2009 (10:35:46 AM)

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Year	Period	labor force	employment	unemployment	unemployment rate
Series Id: LAUMT19197803 Not Seasonally Adjusted Area: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area Area Type: Metropolitan areas State/Region/Division: Iowa
1999	Jan	273947	267332	6615	2.4
1999	Feb	274315	267765	6550	2.4
1999	Mar	272948	266706	6242	2.3
1999	Apr	271946	266536	5410	2.0
1999	May	272967	268286	4681	1.7
1999	Jun	276355	271067	5288	1.9
1999	Jul	278626	274399	4227	1.5
1999	Aug	276413	271454	4959	1.8
1999	Sep	270532	265822	4710	1.7
1999	Oct	273584	269081	4503	1.6
1999	Nov	273644	268514	5130	1.9
1999	Dec	275704	269847	5857	2.1
1999	Annual	274249	268901	5348	2.0
2000	Jan	277498	268449	9049	3.3
2000	Feb	277252	268919	8333	3.0
2000	Mar	276401	267982	8419	3.0
2000	Apr	275778	269228	6550	2.4
2000	May	273423	267583	5840	2.1
2000	Jun	278641	272982	5659	2.0
2000	Jul	279063	273863	5200	1.9
2000	Aug	277138	271229	5909	2.1
2000	Sep	274370	268157	6213	2.3
2000	Oct	277890	271741	6149	2.2
2000	Nov	277203	271127	6076	2.2
2000	Dec	279604	272058	7546	2.7
2000	Annual	277022	270277	6745	2.4
2001	Jan	279999	270467	9532	3.4
2001	Feb	278044	268941	9103	3.3
2001	Mar	280203	270681	9522	3.4
2001	Apr	279584	271801	7783	2.8
2001	May	278600	272060	6540	2.3
2001	Jun	286170	279090	7080	2.5
2001	Jul	288111	281841	6270	2.2
2001	Aug	282224	275056	7168	2.5
2001	Sep	282588	275369	7219	2.6
2001	Oct	280879	273531	7348	2.6
2001	Nov	284008	275915	8093	2.8
2001	Dec	285507	276204	9303	3.3
2001	Annual	282159	274246	7913	2.8
2002	Jan	280937	269480	11457	4.1
2002	Feb	285037	274059	10978	3.9
2002	Mar	286028	274961	11067	3.9
2002	Apr	288899	279284	9615	3.3
2002	May	291106	282150	8956	3.1
2002	Jun	295689	285401	10288	3.5
2002	Jul	295241	285771	9470	3.2
2002	Aug	293314	283621	9693	3.3
2002	Sep	290738	280947	9791	3.4
2002	Oct	290454	281000	9454	3.3
2002	Nov	289786	279534	10252	3.5
2002	Dec	289351	277747	11604	4.0
2002	Annual	289715	279496	10219	3.5
2003	Jan	285936	272780	13156	4.6
2003	Feb	285574	273013	12561	4.4
2003	Mar	284258	271952	12306	4.3
2003	Apr	285569	274587	10982	3.8
2003	May	285335	274483	10852	3.8
2003	Jun	289767	278208	11559	4.0
2003	Jul	290763	280544	10219	3.5
2003	Aug	287031	276191	10840	3.8
2003	Sep	285272	274201	11071	3.9
2003	Oct	287664	277252	10412	3.6
2003	Nov	288646	277744	10902	3.8
2003	Dec	288358	276896	11462	4.0
2003	Annual	287014	275654	11360	4.0
2004	Jan	288682(E)	272802(E)	15880(E)	5.5(E)
2004	Feb	287990(E)	273258(E)	14732(E)	5.1(E)
2004	Mar	286250(E)	271892(E)	14358(E)	5.0(E)
2004	Apr	287329(E)	274272(E)	13057(E)	4.5(E)
2004	May	287875(E)	275704(E)	12171(E)	4.2(E)
2004	Jun	290913(E)	277829(E)	13084(E)	4.5(E)
2004	Jul	296872(E)	285117(E)	11755(E)	4.0(E)
2004	Aug	294649(E)	282547(E)	12102(E)	4.1(E)
2004	Sep	290349(E)	278457(E)	11892(E)	4.1(E)
2004	Oct	292743(E)	281209(E)	11534(E)	3.9(E)
2004	Nov	293074(E)	281099(E)	11975(E)	4.1(E)
2004	Dec	292743(E)	280042(E)	12701(E)	4.3(E)
2004	Annual	290789(E)	277852(E)	12937(E)	4.4(E)
2005	Jan	291144(E)	277167(E)	13977(E)	4.8(E)
2005	Feb	292116(E)	277995(E)	14121(E)	4.8(E)
2005	Mar	292383(E)	279535(E)	12848(E)	4.4(E)
2005	Apr	293242(E)	281277(E)	11965(E)	4.1(E)
2005	May	294031(E)	282631(E)	11400(E)	3.9(E)
2005	Jun	298190(E)	286325(E)	11865(E)	4.0(E)
2005	Jul	301132(E)	290802(E)	10330(E)	3.4(E)
2005	Aug	299648(E)	289118(E)	10530(E)	3.5(E)
2005	Sep	297670(E)	286396(E)	11274(E)	3.8(E)
2005	Oct	299194(E)	288765(E)	10429(E)	3.5(E)
2005	Nov	298967(E)	287675(E)	11292(E)	3.8(E)
2005	Dec	298041(E)	286665(E)	11376(E)	3.8(E)
2005	Annual	296313(E)	284529(E)	11784(E)	4.0(E)
2006	Jan	297553(E)	285074(E)	12479(E)	4.2(E)
2006	Feb	299979(E)	287129(E)	12850(E)	4.3(E)
2006	Mar	299651(E)	288128(E)	11523(E)	3.8(E)
2006	Apr	301327(E)	290718(E)	10609(E)	3.5(E)
2006	May	301965(E)	292567(E)	9398(E)	3.1(E)
2006	Jun	306730(E)	296414(E)	10316(E)	3.4(E)
2006	Jul	309905(E)	300382(E)	9523(E)	3.1(E)
2006	Aug	308077(E)	298570(E)	9507(E)	3.1(E)
2006	Sep	306359(E)	296584(E)	9775(E)	3.2(E)
2006	Oct	309242(E)	300030(E)	9212(E)	3.0(E)
2006	Nov	308298(E)	298659(E)	9639(E)	3.1(E)
2006	Dec	307743(E)	297053(E)	10690(E)	3.5(E)
2006	Annual	304736(E)	294276(E)	10460(E)	3.4(E)
2007	Jan	306570(E)	293896(E)	12674(E)	4.1(E)
2007	Feb	307691(E)	295587(E)	12104(E)	3.9(E)
2007	Mar	306010(E)	295020(E)	10990(E)	3.6(E)
2007	Apr	307506(E)	297248(E)	10258(E)	3.3(E)
2007	May	307295(E)	297581(E)	9714(E)	3.2(E)
2007	Jun	311612(E)	300931(E)	10681(E)	3.4(E)
2007	Jul	316366(E)	306526(E)	9840(E)	3.1(E)
2007	Aug	312368(E)	301890(E)	10478(E)	3.4(E)
2007	Sep	312165(E)	301600(E)	10565(E)	3.4(E)
2007	Oct	311982(E)	302012(E)	9970(E)	3.2(E)
2007	Nov	313187(E)	303041(E)	10146(E)	3.2(E)
2007	Dec	312707(E)	300633(E)	12074(E)	3.9(E)
2007	Annual	310455(E)	299664(E)	10791(E)	3.5(E)
2008	Jan	311980(E)	298621(E)	13359(E)	4.3(E)
2008	Feb	312892(E)	300255(E)	12637(E)	4.0(E)
2008	Mar	312121(E)	299780(E)	12341(E)	4.0(E)
2008	Apr	312909(E)	302089(E)	10820(E)	3.5(E)
2008	May	312089(E)	300670(E)	11419(E)	3.7(E)
2008	Jun	316203(E)	304257(E)	11946(E)	3.8(E)
2008	Jul	319725(E)	308312(E)	11413(E)	3.6(E)
2008	Aug	317124(E)	304575(E)	12549(E)	4.0(E)
2008	Sep	314333(E)	302185(E)	12148(E)	3.9(E)
2008	Oct	312875(E)	300834(E)	12041(E)	3.8(E)
2008	Nov	310769(E)	298754(E)	12015(E)	3.9(E)
2008	Dec	310503(E)	296562(E)	13941(E)	4.5(E)
2008	Annual	313627(E)	301408(E)	12219(E)	3.9(E)
2009	Jan	309438	293042	16396	5.3
2009	Feb	309780	293691	16089	5.2
2009	Mar	308804	292726	16078	5.2
2009	Apr	311153	296876	14277	4.6
2009	May	313989	298438	15551	5.0
2009	Jun	319150(P)	301118(P)	18032(P)	5.7(P)
E : Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. P : Preliminary.

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