Ottumwa City, IA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 10,498 | - | 6.8 | - |
| 1991 | 10,638 | 1.3 | 8.6 | 1.8 |
| 1992 | 11,002 | 3.4 | 8.0 | -0.6 |
| 1993 | 11,549 | 5.0 | 6.6 | -1.4 |
| 1994 | 11,610 | 0.5 | 5.9 | -0.8 |
| 1995 | 11,629 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | 11,759 | 1.1 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| 1997 | 11,267 | -4.2 | 7.1 | 1.3 |
| 1998 | 11,276 | 0.1 | 4.8 | -2.4 |
| 1999 | 11,165 | -1.0 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| 2000 | 11,297 | 1.2 | 4.4 | -0.2 |
| 2001 | 11,422 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 0.9 |
| 2002 | 11,755 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 11,910 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 11,782 | -1.1 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| 2005 | 11,822 | 0.3 | 5.5 | -1.2 |
| 2006 | 11,723 | -0.8 | 4.6 | -0.9 |
| 2007 | 11,759 | 0.3 | 4.4 | -0.2 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 10,355 | - | 7.9 | - |
| Feb | 10,105 | - | 7.5 | - |
| Mar | 10,191 | - | 7.6 | - |
| Apr | 10,588 | - | 6.7 | - |
| May | 10,542 | - | 6.1 | - |
| Jun | 10,586 | - | 7.0 | - |
| Jul | 10,858 | - | 5.5 | - |
| Aug | 10,600 | - | 6.0 | - |
| Sep | 10,503 | - | 6.3 | - |
| Oct | 10,635 | - | 6.1 | - |
| Nov | 10,569 | - | 7.3 | - |
| Dec | 10,438 | - | 7.4 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 10,444 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 10,303 | 2.0 | 9.2 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 10,370 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 10,487 | -1.0 | 7.5 | 0.7 |
| May | 10,541 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 10,763 | 1.7 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 10,917 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 10,818 | 2.1 | 7.6 | 1.6 |
| Sep | 10,710 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 1.8 |
| Oct | 10,869 | 2.2 | 8.1 | 2.0 |
| Nov | 10,612 | 0.4 | 14.8 | 7.5 |
| Dec | 10,821 | 3.7 | 9.8 | 2.4 |
| 1992-Jan | 10,774 | 3.2 | 10.0 | 1.6 |
| Feb | 10,680 | 3.7 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 10,665 | 2.8 | 9.0 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 10,835 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 0.4 |
| May | 10,822 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 11,196 | 4.0 | 7.2 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 11,283 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 11,177 | 3.3 | 11.6 | 4.0 |
| Sep | 10,982 | 2.5 | 6.5 | -1.6 |
| Oct | 11,205 | 3.1 | 7.8 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 11,270 | 6.2 | 6.3 | -8.5 |
| Dec | 11,137 | 2.9 | 6.4 | -3.4 |
| 1993-Jan | 11,296 | 4.8 | 7.7 | -2.3 |
| Feb | 11,233 | 5.2 | 7.6 | -1.7 |
| Mar | 11,088 | 4.0 | 8.0 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 11,215 | 3.5 | 7.1 | -0.8 |
| May | 11,366 | 5.0 | 6.0 | -1.3 |
| Jun | 11,687 | 4.4 | 6.3 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 12,043 | 6.7 | 6.3 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 11,790 | 5.5 | 6.3 | -5.3 |
| Sep | 11,707 | 6.6 | 5.9 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 11,788 | 5.2 | 5.6 | -2.2 |
| Nov | 11,767 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 11,603 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| 1994-Jan | 11,614 | 2.8 | 7.3 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 11,573 | 3.0 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 11,563 | 4.3 | 6.9 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 11,452 | 2.1 | 6.2 | -0.9 |
| May | 11,554 | 1.7 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 11,765 | 0.7 | 5.8 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 11,835 | -1.7 | 4.9 | -1.3 |
| Aug | 11,708 | -0.7 | 5.2 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 11,499 | -1.8 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 11,660 | -1.1 | 4.6 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 11,631 | -1.2 | 5.3 | -1.1 |
| Dec | 11,461 | -1.2 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| 1995-Jan | 11,467 | -1.3 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 11,424 | -1.3 | 6.9 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 11,406 | -1.4 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 11,550 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| May | 11,566 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 11,778 | 0.1 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 11,934 | 0.8 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 11,397 | -2.7 | 8.8 | 3.6 |
| Sep | 11,669 | 1.5 | 4.5 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 11,884 | 1.9 | 4.1 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 11,765 | 1.2 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 11,702 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| 1996-Jan | 11,622 | 1.4 | 7.0 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 11,497 | 0.6 | 9.3 | 2.4 |
| Mar | 11,727 | 2.8 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 11,790 | 2.1 | 5.9 | -0.6 |
| May | 11,752 | 1.6 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 11,938 | 1.4 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 12,108 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 11,824 | 3.7 | 4.4 | -4.4 |
| Sep | 11,716 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 11,776 | -0.9 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 11,735 | -0.3 | 6.4 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 11,625 | -0.7 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| 1997-Jan | 11,196 | -3.7 | 7.6 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 10,780 | -6.2 | 14.0 | 4.8 |
| Mar | 10,746 | -8.4 | 14.7 | 8.2 |
| Apr | 11,477 | -2.7 | 6.1 | 0.3 |
| May | 11,579 | -1.5 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 11,567 | -3.1 | 5.9 | 1.2 |
| Jul | 11,597 | -4.2 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 11,321 | -4.3 | 5.4 | 1.1 |
| Sep | 11,127 | -5.0 | 5.6 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 11,313 | -3.9 | 5.0 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 11,304 | -3.7 | 4.9 | -1.5 |
| Dec | 11,198 | -3.7 | 5.6 | -1.4 |
| 1998-Jan | 11,137 | -0.5 | 6.3 | -1.4 |
| Feb | 11,212 | 4.0 | 5.9 | -8.1 |
| Mar | 11,262 | 4.8 | 5.4 | -9.3 |
| Apr | 11,341 | -1.2 | 5.0 | -1.1 |
| May | 11,406 | -1.5 | 4.4 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 11,445 | -1.1 | 4.2 | -1.6 |
| Jul | 11,328 | -2.3 | 4.0 | -1.0 |
| Aug | 11,211 | -1.0 | 4.4 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 11,155 | 0.3 | 4.2 | -1.4 |
| Oct | 11,359 | 0.4 | 4.0 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 11,287 | -0.2 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 11,174 | -0.2 | 5.1 | -0.5 |
| 1999-Jan | 11,069 | -0.6 | 4.8 | -1.4 |
| Feb | 11,168 | -0.4 | 4.6 | -1.4 |
| Mar | 11,042 | -2.0 | 4.5 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 11,167 | -1.5 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| May | 11,312 | -0.8 | 3.4 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 11,437 | -0.1 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 11,333 | 0.0 | 3.6 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 11,152 | -0.5 | 6.1 | 1.7 |
| Sep | 11,110 | -0.4 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct | 11,033 | -2.9 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 11,053 | -2.1 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 11,103 | -0.6 | 4.4 | -0.7 |
| 2000-Jan | 11,171 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 11,230 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 11,225 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 11,221 | 0.5 | 4.3 | -0.1 |
| May | 11,245 | -0.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 11,398 | -0.3 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 11,419 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 11,304 | 1.4 | 4.0 | -2.1 |
| Sep | 11,274 | 1.5 | 4.1 | -1.5 |
| Oct | 11,387 | 3.2 | 4.0 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 11,350 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 11,344 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| 2001-Jan | 11,146 | -0.2 | 6.7 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 11,150 | -0.7 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 11,249 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 11,407 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| May | 11,394 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 11,551 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 11,793 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 11,390 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 1.1 |
| Sep | 11,388 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.9 |
| Oct | 11,449 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 11,527 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 11,621 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| 2002-Jan | 11,396 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 11,564 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 1.1 |
| Mar | 11,615 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 11,731 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 1.2 |
| May | 11,912 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.4 |
| Jun | 11,810 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 1.4 |
| Jul | 11,926 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 2.1 |
| Aug | 11,832 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 1.4 |
| Sep | 11,803 | 3.6 | 6.9 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 11,813 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 11,871 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 11,785 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| 2003-Jan | 11,757 | 3.2 | 6.9 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 11,806 | 2.1 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 11,779 | 1.4 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 11,897 | 1.4 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| May | 11,894 | -0.2 | 5.7 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 11,844 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 12,005 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 11,950 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 11,837 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 12,028 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 12,092 | 1.9 | 5.9 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 12,031 | 2.1 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| 2004-Jan | 11,643 | -1.0 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 11,682 | -1.1 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 11,596 | -1.6 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 11,752 | -1.2 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| May | 11,743 | -1.3 | 6.1 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 11,745 | -0.8 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 11,923 | -0.7 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 11,733 | -1.8 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 11,792 | -0.4 | 6.3 | -1.2 |
| Oct | 11,959 | -0.6 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 11,928 | -1.4 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 11,887 | -1.2 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| 2005-Jan | 11,682 | 0.3 | 6.0 | -1.4 |
| Feb | 11,787 | 0.9 | 5.8 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 11,768 | 1.5 | 5.7 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 11,804 | 0.4 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
| May | 11,789 | 0.4 | 5.2 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 11,872 | 1.1 | 5.3 | -1.4 |
| Jul | 11,985 | 0.5 | 5.5 | -1.8 |
| Aug | 11,846 | 1.0 | 5.7 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 11,844 | 0.4 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
| Oct | 11,905 | -0.5 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 11,830 | -0.8 | 4.8 | -1.6 |
| Dec | 11,757 | -1.1 | 5.0 | -1.8 |
| 2006-Jan | 11,608 | -0.6 | 5.3 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 11,671 | -1.0 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 11,661 | -0.9 | 4.7 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 11,732 | -0.6 | 4.3 | -1.1 |
| May | 11,767 | -0.2 | 3.9 | -1.3 |
| Jun | 11,677 | -1.6 | 4.4 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 11,882 | -0.9 | 4.3 | -1.3 |
| Aug | 11,685 | -1.4 | 4.9 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 11,398 | -3.8 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 11,958 | 0.4 | 4.0 | -1.7 |
| Nov | 11,870 | 0.3 | 4.0 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 11,764 | 0.1 | 4.3 | -0.7 |
| 2007-Jan | 11,525 | -0.7 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 11,577 | -0.8 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 11,630 | -0.3 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 11,779 | 0.4 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
| May | 11,880 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 11,984 | 2.6 | 4.3 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 11,918 | 0.3 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 11,756 | 0.6 | 4.3 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 11,801 | 3.5 | 4.4 | -1.1 |
| Oct | 11,787 | -1.4 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 11,786 | -0.7 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 11,682 | -0.7 | 5.1 | 0.8 |
| 2008-Jan | 11,430 | -0.8 | 5.2 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 11,530 | -0.4 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| Mar | - | - | - | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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