Moderate Unemployment Area
Waterloo, IA Current Unemployment - 3.5%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Waterloo, IA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2022
5.5%
4.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.2%
3.6%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.9%
3.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
2.9%
2.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
2.9%
2.2%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.2%
2.7%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.4%
2.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
3.5%
2.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2021
6.6%
4.8%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.4%
5.0%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.6%
4.8%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.2%
4.0%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.5%
4.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.4%
4.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.5%
4.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.4%
4.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.9%
3.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.7%
3.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.3%
3.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.0%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2020
5.7%
3.7%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.4%
3.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.8%
3.6%
4.4%
4 / 2020
13.5%
10.7%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.2%
9.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.7%
6.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
9.6%
6.7%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.0%
6.2%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.8%
4.4%
7.9%
10 / 2020
4.8%
3.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.0%
3.7%
6.7%
12 / 2020
4.7%
4.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2019
4.5%
3.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.0%
3.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.2%
3.2%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.6%
2.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.2%
2.4%
3.6%
6 / 2019
3.7%
2.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.5%
2.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.5%
2.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.7%
2.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.8%
2.3%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.7%
2.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.5%
2.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2018
4.9%
3.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.2%
3.3%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.2%
3.1%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.5%
2.6%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.0%
2.2%
3.8%
6 / 2018
3.6%
2.6%
4.0%
7 / 2018
3.5%
2.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.5%
2.5%
3.8%
9 / 2018
2.9%
2.2%
3.7%
10 / 2018
2.8%
2.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
2.8%
2.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.8%
2.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2017
6.9%
4.4%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.3%
3.9%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.3%
3.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.6%
3.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.4%
2.9%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.7%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.4%
3.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.7%
3.1%
4.4%
9 / 2017
3.8%
2.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
3.4%
2.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
3.6%
2.4%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.3%
2.9%
4.1%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2016
6.1%
4.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.6%
4.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.6%
3.9%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.2%
3.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.1%
3.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.9%
3.8%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.4%
3.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.0%
3.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.0%
3.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.7%
3.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.7%
3.0%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.3%
3.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2015
6.5%
4.8%
5.7%
2 / 2015
5.8%
4.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
5.6%
4.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.6%
3.5%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.5%
3.6%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.5%
3.8%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.3%
3.7%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.4%
3.6%
5.1%
9 / 2015
4.9%
3.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
4.6%
3.2%
5.0%
11 / 2015
4.9%
3.2%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.6%
3.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2014
6.5%
5.3%
6.6%
2 / 2014
6.1%
5.1%
6.7%
3 / 2014
5.8%
4.8%
6.7%
4 / 2014
5.5%
4.1%
6.2%
5 / 2014
5.0%
3.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
5.3%
4.1%
6.1%
7 / 2014
5.2%
4.0%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.6%
4.1%
6.1%
9 / 2014
4.9%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
4.9%
3.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.7%
3.6%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.0%
4.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2013
7.8%
6.0%
8.0%
2 / 2013
7.0%
5.6%
7.7%
3 / 2013
6.4%
5.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
6.1%
4.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
5.8%
4.5%
7.5%
6 / 2013
6.0%
4.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
5.6%
4.5%
7.3%
8 / 2013
5.8%
4.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
5.7%
4.3%
7.2%
10 / 2013
5.3%
4.1%
7.2%
11 / 2013
5.3%
4.1%
6.9%
12 / 2013
5.5%
4.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2012
7.4%
6.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
7.0%
6.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
6.7%
5.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
6.0%
4.8%
8.2%
5 / 2012
5.8%
4.7%
8.2%
6 / 2012
6.7%
5.0%
8.2%
7 / 2012
6.5%
4.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
6.5%
4.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
6.1%
4.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
5.9%
4.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
6.2%
4.6%
7.7%
12 / 2012
6.8%
5.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2011
8.2%
6.7%
9.1%
2 / 2011
7.8%
6.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
7.4%
6.1%
9.0%
4 / 2011
6.7%
5.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
6.6%
5.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
7.1%
5.6%
9.1%
7 / 2011
6.6%
5.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
6.8%
5.4%
9.0%
9 / 2011
6.5%
5.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
6.3%
5.0%
8.8%
11 / 2011
6.4%
5.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
6.7%
5.5%
8.5%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2010
8.3%
7.3%
9.8%
2 / 2010
8.2%
7.1%
9.8%
3 / 2010
8.0%
6.9%
9.9%
4 / 2010
7.2%
5.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
7.0%
5.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
7.1%
5.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
7.1%
5.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
7.2%
5.8%
9.5%
9 / 2010
6.8%
5.5%
9.5%
10 / 2010
6.6%
5.3%
9.4%
11 / 2010
7.0%
5.4%
9.8%
12 / 2010
7.3%
5.9%
9.3%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2009
7.1%
6.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
7.1%
6.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
7.6%
7.0%
8.7%
4 / 2009
6.7%
6.3%
9.0%
5 / 2009
6.6%
6.2%
9.4%
6 / 2009
7.1%
6.6%
9.5%
7 / 2009
8.1%
6.4%
9.5%
8 / 2009
7.0%
6.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
6.5%
5.9%
9.8%
10 / 2009
9.5%
6.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
6.5%
5.9%
9.9%
12 / 2009
7.5%
6.5%
9.9%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2008
4.7%
4.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
4.6%
4.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
4.6%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
4.3%
3.8%
5.0%
5 / 2008
4.3%
3.6%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.1%
4.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
4.6%
4.0%
5.8%
8 / 2008
4.8%
4.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
5.0%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
4.9%
4.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
5.0%
4.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
5.7%
5.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2007
4.9%
4.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.6%
4.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.6%
4.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.2%
3.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
3.9%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.7%
3.6%
4.6%
7 / 2007
3.9%
3.3%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.0%
3.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
3.9%
3.4%
4.7%
10 / 2007
3.6%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 2007
3.7%
3.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.1%
3.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2006
5.1%
4.7%
4.7%
2 / 2006
4.8%
4.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
4.6%
4.1%
4.7%
4 / 2006
4.1%
3.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
3.9%
3.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
4.2%
3.6%
4.6%
7 / 2006
4.2%
3.4%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.9%
3.6%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.5%
3.4%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.6%
3.2%
4.4%
11 / 2006
3.8%
3.4%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.3%
3.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2005
6.0%
5.4%
5.3%
2 / 2005
5.8%
5.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.4%
4.8%
5.2%
4 / 2005
4.7%
4.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
4.3%
3.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
4.8%
4.2%
5.0%
7 / 2005
4.4%
4.0%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.4%
3.9%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.4%
3.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.1%
3.7%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.2%
3.8%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.8%
4.4%
4.9%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2004
6.4%
5.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.2%
5.1%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.2%
5.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.4%
4.2%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.2%
4.1%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.1%
4.5%
5.6%
7 / 2004
5.6%
4.2%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.9%
4.4%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.7%
4.3%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.3%
4.1%
5.5%
11 / 2004
5.4%
4.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.8%
4.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2003
6.5%
5.2%
5.8%
2 / 2003
6.4%
5.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.3%
5.0%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.7%
4.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
5.3%
4.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
6.2%
4.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
5.6%
4.4%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.0%
4.4%
6.1%
9 / 2003
5.3%
4.2%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.9%
4.0%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.4%
4.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.7%
4.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2002
5.9%
4.8%
5.7%
2 / 2002
5.8%
4.6%
5.7%
3 / 2002
5.9%
4.5%
5.7%
4 / 2002
5.3%
4.0%
5.9%
5 / 2002
4.4%
3.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
5.1%
4.0%
5.8%
7 / 2002
4.9%
3.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
4.8%
3.8%
5.7%
9 / 2002
4.5%
3.6%
5.7%
10 / 2002
4.4%
3.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
4.7%
3.7%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.3%
4.2%
6.0%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2001
4.9%
3.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
4.7%
3.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
4.9%
3.8%
4.3%
4 / 2001
4.2%
3.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
3.6%
2.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
4.3%
3.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
3.7%
2.9%
4.6%
8 / 2001
4.0%
3.1%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.6%
3.0%
5.0%
10 / 2001
4.2%
3.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
4.4%
3.4%
5.5%
12 / 2001
5.0%
3.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 2000
4.6%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2000
4.3%
3.2%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.0%
2.8%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.3%
2.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.1%
2.3%
4.0%
6 / 2000
3.4%
2.5%
4.0%
7 / 2000
2.9%
2.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
3.2%
2.5%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.0%
2.3%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.0%
2.3%
3.9%
11 / 2000
3.4%
2.6%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.0%
2.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1999
9.5%
3.8%
4.3%
2 / 1999
4.8%
3.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
4.6%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
4.3%
2.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
3.8%
2.3%
4.2%
6 / 1999
4.6%
2.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.6%
2.4%
4.3%
8 / 1999
3.9%
2.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
4.6%
2.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
3.3%
2.0%
4.1%
11 / 1999
3.1%
2.0%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.7%
2.5%
4.0%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1998
4.9%
3.7%
4.6%
2 / 1998
4.6%
3.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
4.4%
3.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
3.9%
2.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
3.6%
2.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
4.2%
2.7%
4.5%
7 / 1998
3.5%
2.4%
4.5%
8 / 1998
4.1%
2.6%
4.5%
9 / 1998
3.8%
2.4%
4.6%
10 / 1998
3.7%
2.3%
4.5%
11 / 1998
4.1%
2.4%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.2%
2.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1997
5.7%
4.4%
5.3%
2 / 1997
5.2%
4.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.0%
3.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
4.5%
3.2%
5.1%
5 / 1997
4.0%
2.8%
4.9%
6 / 1997
4.7%
3.1%
5.0%
7 / 1997
4.0%
2.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
4.3%
2.8%
4.8%
9 / 1997
3.9%
2.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
3.7%
2.5%
4.7%
11 / 1997
3.8%
2.5%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.3%
3.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1996
6.0%
4.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
5.7%
4.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.7%
4.1%
5.5%
4 / 1996
5.1%
3.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
4.8%
3.3%
5.6%
6 / 1996
5.5%
3.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
4.9%
3.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
5.1%
3.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
4.7%
3.1%
5.2%
10 / 1996
4.6%
3.0%
5.2%
11 / 1996
4.4%
3.2%
5.4%
12 / 1996
4.8%
3.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1995
7.5%
4.3%
5.6%
2 / 1995
6.1%
4.0%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.6%
3.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
5.5%
3.5%
5.8%
5 / 1995
5.1%
3.2%
5.6%
6 / 1995
5.6%
3.5%
5.6%
7 / 1995
4.7%
3.1%
5.7%
8 / 1995
4.8%
3.2%
5.7%
9 / 1995
4.6%
3.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.4%
3.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
4.6%
3.1%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.0%
3.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1994
6.9%
4.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
6.7%
4.5%
6.6%
3 / 1994
6.4%
4.3%
6.5%
4 / 1994
5.5%
3.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
5.2%
3.1%
6.1%
6 / 1994
5.9%
3.4%
6.1%
7 / 1994
5.2%
3.0%
6.1%
8 / 1994
5.6%
3.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
5.3%
3.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
5.0%
3.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.9%
3.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
5.3%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1993
8.0%
5.2%
7.3%
2 / 1993
7.3%
4.9%
7.1%
3 / 1993
7.2%
4.7%
7.0%
4 / 1993
7.0%
4.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
6.4%
3.7%
7.1%
6 / 1993
7.1%
4.0%
7.0%
7 / 1993
6.2%
4.1%
6.9%
8 / 1993
6.4%
3.7%
6.8%
9 / 1993
5.9%
3.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
5.8%
3.4%
6.8%
11 / 1993
5.6%
3.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
5.9%
3.8%
6.5%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1992
8.3%
5.8%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.1%
5.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
7.6%
5.1%
7.4%
4 / 1992
6.9%
4.4%
7.4%
5 / 1992
6.8%
4.2%
7.6%
6 / 1992
7.1%
4.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
7.9%
4.1%
7.7%
8 / 1992
6.4%
4.1%
7.6%
9 / 1992
6.4%
4.0%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.0%
3.8%
7.3%
11 / 1992
7.1%
3.9%
7.4%
12 / 1992
7.0%
4.4%
7.4%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1991
7.6%
5.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
7.8%
5.6%
6.6%
3 / 1991
7.9%
5.4%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.4%
4.6%
6.7%
5 / 1991
7.8%
4.4%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.3%
4.6%
6.9%
7 / 1991
7.2%
4.1%
6.8%
8 / 1991
7.3%
4.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.1%
4.2%
6.9%
10 / 1991
6.4%
4.0%
7.0%
11 / 1991
6.8%
4.4%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.2%
4.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Waterloo, IA%
Iowa%
National %
1 / 1990
7.4%
5.1%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.6%
4.9%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.1%
4.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.9%
4.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.8%
4.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.3%
4.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
6.5%
3.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.8%
4.2%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.1%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.0%
4.0%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.1%
4.3%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.6%
4.8%
6.3%