There was little change in the number of people without a job in the Raccoon River Valley last month, compared to May unemployment figures.

According to Iowa Workforce Development, Dallas County saw a slight increase from 2.7 percent of residents unemployed in May to 2.9 percent in June.  Greene County saw a one-tenth percent decrease to 3.8 percent last month and Guthrie County increased by one-tenth of a percent to 3.3 percent in June.

All three counties are faring better this year than in 2014 as Dallas County’s unemployment rate was 3.6, Greene’s was 4.7 and Guthrie’s 4.2 percent.

The statewide jobless rate dropped from 3.8 to 3.7 percent in June, while the national unemployment rate is at 5.3 percent.