Unemployment rate drops October 21, 2017 News Tweet Share LinkedIn Email Iowa now has the 9th lowest unemployment rate in the country. Iowas Work Force Development says the state’s September unemployment rate was 3.2%; down from 3.3% in August. The national unemployment rate is now at 4.2%. Leave a ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentYou may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong> Name * Email * Website Δ