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Basic Info

Ames, IA Unemployment Rate is at 2.70%, compared to 3.20% last month and 2.20% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 2.86%.

Stats

Last Value 2.70%
Latest Period Sep 2025
Last Updated Dec 17 2025, 14:34 EST
Next Release Jan 16 2026, 10:00 EST
Long Term Average 2.86%
Average Growth Rate 15.80%
Value from Last Month 3.20%
Change from Last Month -15.62%
Value from 1 Year Ago 2.20%
Change from 1 Year Ago 22.73%
Frequency Monthly
Unit Percent
Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
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Historical Data

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Date Value
September 30, 2025 2.70%
August 31, 2025 3.20%
July 31, 2025 3.90%
June 30, 2025 3.00%
May 31, 2025 3.40%
April 30, 2025 2.80%
March 31, 2025 2.60%
February 28, 2025 2.60%
January 31, 2025 2.50%
December 31, 2024 2.00%
November 30, 2024 2.50%
October 31, 2024 2.50%
September 30, 2024 2.20%
August 31, 2024 2.60%
July 31, 2024 2.80%
June 30, 2024 2.70%
May 31, 2024 2.10%
April 30, 2024 1.70%
March 31, 2024 2.00%
February 29, 2024 1.70%
January 31, 2024 2.50%
December 31, 2023 1.90%
November 30, 2023 2.00%
October 31, 2023 2.30%
September 30, 2023 2.30%
Date Value
August 31, 2023 2.70%
July 31, 2023 2.80%
June 30, 2023 2.70%
May 31, 2023 2.10%
April 30, 2023 1.90%
March 31, 2023 2.10%
February 28, 2023 1.70%
January 31, 2023 1.90%
December 31, 2022 1.80%
November 30, 2022 2.20%
October 31, 2022 2.20%
September 30, 2022 2.00%
August 31, 2022 2.80%
July 31, 2022 2.60%
June 30, 2022 2.40%
May 31, 2022 1.80%
April 30, 2022 1.50%
March 31, 2022 1.70%
February 28, 2022 1.50%
January 31, 2022 2.10%
December 31, 2021 1.90%
November 30, 2021 1.80%
October 31, 2021 2.10%
September 30, 2021 2.10%
August 31, 2021 3.00%

Basic Info

Ames, IA Unemployment Rate is at 2.70%, compared to 3.20% last month and 2.20% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 2.86%.

Stats

Last Value 2.70%
Latest Period Sep 2025
Last Updated Dec 17 2025, 14:34 EST
Next Release Jan 16 2026, 10:00 EST
Long Term Average 2.86%
Average Growth Rate 15.80%
Value from Last Month 3.20%
Change from Last Month -15.62%
Value from 1 Year Ago 2.20%
Change from 1 Year Ago 22.73%
Frequency Monthly
Unit Percent
Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
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