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Iowa unemployment rate stable in January

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Iowa’s unemployment rate for January remained stable at 6.1 percent, according to figures from Iowa Workforce Development, unchanged from the previous month and from the same month a year ago.

The monthly estimate of unemployed people declined to 102,100 in January from 102,600 in December, but the current level is 900 higher than the previous January. The total number of working Iowans rose to 1,576,500, the highest level since April 2009.