February Unemployment Rates Mostly Under 3%

Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties all posted unemployment rates under three percent in February, which is in line with or slightly above the state’s 2.7% unemployment rate. Grant County’s unemployment ticked up 0.2 percentage points, to 2.9%, but below the 3.3% from the same time last year. Lafayette County was at 2.7%, Iowa County was 2.9% and Crawford County was 4.9% In Illinois, Jo Daviess County’s unemployment held steady at 5%, above the state average of 4.5%. In Iowa, Dubuque County dropped from 3.7% to 3.5%.