Marion County saw a slight drop in the unemployment rate in the first two months of the year.
The rate in the county fell from 4.4 percent in January to 4.3 in February. Director of Iowa Workforce Development Beth Townsend says all employment and labor force numbers continue to show improvement compared to 2014. Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in February from 4.2 percent in January.