Marion County ended the year with a slight increase in the unemployment rate, according to data released by Iowa Workforce Development.
The December rate was 3.6 percent, up from 3.2 percent in November. Despite a slight increase in the number of unemployed in our area, Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in December. Marion County averaged four percent for the year, which is a drop from 4.5 percent for all of 2013.