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Unemployment

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Statistics: At a Glance

6,015

Initial claims (September 2025)

10,298

  Benefit recipients (September 2025)

10.0

  UI Duration by Weeks (September 2025)

Iowa’s Unemployment Insurance Data

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Unemployment Insurance Statisitics

Iowa's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, Benefit Payments, and Claims Data

UI statistics are used for the following:

  • federal workload reporting,
  • determining triggers for extended benefits programs,
  • describing the size and scope of the UI program on local economies, and
  • as an economic indicator. 

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Profile of Iowa's Unemployed:

The characteristics data used in the Profile of Iowa's Unemployed reports are based on claimants who filed a regular UI continued week claimed during the week including the 19th of the month. 

The data is prone to seasonal employment.

 Annual Report

You can view data tables from the Iowa Unemployment Compensation Fund Status Report by clicking one of the following: 

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