Iowa Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims by County (Monthly)
This dataset contains Iowa unemployment insurance initial claims by county. County data is based on the claimant’s place of residence. (2011 to date). This initial claims series has been added to meet public requests for initial claims data. Historic data available is more limited. Statewide totals will not match the official US Department of Labor reports (ETA-5159). The dataset includes Regular Unemployment Insurance (UI). The dataset does not include Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE), Unemployment Compensation for Ex-service members (UCX), Voluntary Shared Work and temporary extensions such as Extended Benefits (EB) and Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC). This data does not include benefits paid to persons living outside of Iowa (such as commuter claims from neighboring states).
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Iowa Data Hub Administrators", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:data@iowa.gov" } |
| description | This dataset contains Iowa unemployment insurance initial claims by county. County data is based on the claimant’s place of residence. (2011 to date). This initial claims series has been added to meet public requests for initial claims data. Historic data available is more limited. Statewide totals will not match the official US Department of Labor reports (ETA-5159). The dataset includes Regular Unemployment Insurance (UI). The dataset does not include Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE), Unemployment Compensation for Ex-service members (UCX), Voluntary Shared Work and temporary extensions such as Extended Benefits (EB) and Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC). This data does not include benefits paid to persons living outside of Iowa (such as commuter claims from neighboring states). |
| distribution |
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| identifier | https://data.iowa.gov/catalog/dataset/1010 |
| issued | 2025-08-26T20:49:35.915308+00:00 |
| keyword |
[ "claims", "county", "ui", "unemployment insurance" ] |
| landingPage | https://data.iowa.gov/catalog/dataset/1010 |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| modified | 2026-07-13T21:18:21.212591+00:00 |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Unemployment Insurance", "@type": "org:Organization", "subOrganizationOf": { "name": "Workforce Development", "@type": "org:Organization" } } |
| theme |
[ "Social Services" ] |
| title | Iowa Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims by County (Monthly) |
