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Iowa’s Highest Unemployment Rate Resides In Lee County

By on February 16, 2013

EVEN WITH CONSTRUCTION GETTING STARTED AT THE IOWA FERTILIZER PLANT JUST SOUTH OF WEVER, THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE HAWKEYE STATE CONTINUES TO BELONG TO LEE COUNTY…

 

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN LEE COUNTY ENDED 2012 AT 9.1 PERCENT, ALMOST ONE AND A HALF PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE SECOND-HIGHEST COUNTY (APPANOOSE)… THE COUNTY STARTED 2012 AT 9.1 PERCENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT DROPPED STEADILY UNTIL HITTING JUST 7 PERCENT IN MAY. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER THEN STARTED TO TREND BACK UPWARD AND ENDED 2012 AT THE SAME RATE IT STARTED… 9.1 PERCENT…