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(Undated) -- Iowa's unemployment rate continues to drop. Iowa Workforce Development says the unemployment rate was 3.5% percent in December, down from 3.7% in November. That's the fourth-straight month Iowa's unemployment rate has dropped. Workforce Development says Iowa also added 5,200 jobs in December. The national unemployment rate is 3.9%. More information about Iowa's labor statistics is available at iowalmi.gov.