Unemployment saw a slight increase from November in west central Iowa.

According to Iowa Workforce Development, Guthrie County saw 0.3-percent increase to 2.2-percent from October to November. Greene and Dallas counties each had 0.1-percent bump up in unemployment from October to November to 1.6-percent. All three counties are outpacing the statewide average of 2.6-percent unemployment last month. The U.S. unemployment rate for November was 3.5-percent.