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Highest unemployment, Iowa counties

Iowa counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Jefferson County, IAIA15,2918.0%+9%

02Jasper County, IAIA38,1535.7%+62%

03Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4495.5%−6%

04Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8195.4%+34%

05Lucas County, IAIA8,8475.2%+55%

06Jackson County, IAIA19,2885.1%−4%

07Humboldt County, IAIA9,4095.0%+36%

08Page County, IAIA14,8565.0%−3%

09Hamilton County, IAIA14,9444.8%+59%

10Webster County, IAIA36,8384.8%+54%

11Story County, IAIA101,2914.8%−16%

12Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5324.6%−15%

13Keokuk County, IAIA9,7974.5%+18%

14Lee County, IAIA32,3064.5%−14%

15Sac County, IAIA9,5254.4%+60%

16Polk County, IAIA516,5464.4%−5%

17Wapello County, IAIA35,2104.3%−16%

18Hardin County, IAIA16,4554.3%+60%

19Marshall County, IAIA39,8904.3%−18%

20Clarke County, IAIA9,5744.2%+106%

21Woodbury County, IAIA106,6494.1%−12%

22Van Buren County, IAIA7,1314.1%−13%

23Union County, IAIA11,8294.0%−15%

24Adair County, IAIA7,4034.0%−33%

25Adams County, IAIA3,6173.9%+10%

26Appanoose County, IAIA12,0773.9%−42%

27Tama County, IAIA16,7963.8%−3%

28Crawford County, IAIA16,2373.8%−26%

29Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9963.8%−10%

30Franklin County, IAIA9,8683.8%−16%

31Johnson County, IAIA160,0443.8%+1%

32Dubuque County, IAIA99,3813.7%−10%

33Scott County, IAIA175,2593.7%−8%

34Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3683.6%−27%

35Jones County, IAIA21,2533.6%−19%

36Worth County, IAIA7,3383.5%+5%

37Clay County, IAIA16,2023.5%−24%

38Mahaska County, IAIA21,8803.5%+10%

39Madison County, IAIA17,2703.5%+17%

40Linn County, IAIA232,0283.5%−12%

41Warren County, IAIA57,3313.4%+3%

42Osceola County, IAIA5,9803.4%+12%

43Clinton County, IAIA46,0023.4%−23%

44Bremer County, IAIA25,2963.3%+6%

45Floyd County, IAIA14,9013.3%+26%

46Ringgold County, IAIA4,6423.3%+7%

47Guthrie County, IAIA10,7823.2%−15%

48Fayette County, IAIA19,0473.2%+39%

49Muscatine County, IAIA41,8533.2%−4%

50Shelby County, IAIA11,6893.2%−8%

51Butler County, IAIA14,0493.1%−18%

52Monroe County, IAIA7,4063.1%−37%

53Des Moines County, IAIA38,0773.1%−27%

54Winnebago County, IAIA10,2513.0%−3%

55Louisa County, IAIA10,4163.0%−27%

56Dickinson County, IAIA18,0773.0%+57%

57Taylor County, IAIA5,8352.9%+8%

58Wayne County, IAIA6,7382.9%+114%

59Buchanan County, IAIA20,8832.8%−2%

60Davis County, IAIA9,2302.7%−9%

61Montgomery County, IAIA10,0022.6%−22%

62Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3722.6%−20%

63Calhoun County, IAIA9,5622.6%+5%

64Clayton County, IAIA16,8452.5%+15%

65Cherokee County, IAIA11,3692.5%+3%

66Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382.5%−12%

67Ida County, IAIA6,7772.4%+6%

68Lyon County, IAIA12,3542.3%+9%

69Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7332.3%+11%

70Greene County, IAIA8,6582.3%−46%

71Dallas County, IAIA118,4572.3%−28%

72Harrison County, IAIA14,6232.3%−8%

73Cedar County, IAIA18,3592.3%−20%

74Washington County, IAIA22,6672.2%−21%

75Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8992.2%+22%

76Plymouth County, IAIA25,6972.2%+6%

77Marion County, IAIA34,1922.2%−13%

78Delaware County, IAIA17,6742.0%+18%

79Benton County, IAIA26,0042.0%−12%

80Mills County, IAIA14,7932.0%−50%

81Grundy County, IAIA12,3612.0%−18%

82Decatur County, IAIA7,6551.9%−52%

83Kossuth County, IAIA14,3221.9%−48%

84Iowa County, IAIA16,5041.9%−44%

85Hancock County, IAIA10,5281.9%−9%

86Howard County, IAIA9,4151.9%−23%

87Wright County, IAIA12,8011.8%−33%

88Carroll County, IAIA20,3031.8%−4%

89Emmet County, IAIA9,1071.7%−44%

90Monona County, IAIA8,5391.6%−31%

91Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6631.6%−28%

92Sioux County, IAIA36,7741.5%−31%

93Boone County, IAIA26,7991.5%−33%

94Henry County, IAIA19,3491.5%−69%

95Cass County, IAIA12,9601.4%−25%

96Audubon County, IAIA5,5091.3%−1%

97Mitchell County, IAIA10,6501.2%−19%

98O'Brien County, IAIA14,2201.0%−44%

99Fremont County, IAIA6,5220.8%−79%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES