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Lowest unemployment, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2020 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 3.3%.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS –

01Audubon County, IAIA5,5091.3%–

02Wayne County, IAIA6,7381.4%–

03Mitchell County, IAIA10,6501.5%–

04Delaware County, IAIA17,6741.7%–

05O'Brien County, IAIA14,2201.8%–

06Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8991.8%–

07Cass County, IAIA12,9601.9%–

08Carroll County, IAIA20,3031.9%–

09Dickinson County, IAIA18,0771.9%–

10Hancock County, IAIA10,5282.1%–

11Clarke County, IAIA9,5742.1%–

12Plymouth County, IAIA25,6972.1%–

13Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7332.1%–

14Lyon County, IAIA12,3542.1%–

15Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6632.2%–

16Sioux County, IAIA36,7742.2%–

17Clayton County, IAIA16,8452.2%–

18Boone County, IAIA26,7992.2%–

19Ida County, IAIA6,7772.3%–

20Benton County, IAIA26,0042.3%–

21Fayette County, IAIA19,0472.3%–

22Monona County, IAIA8,5392.4%–

23Howard County, IAIA9,4152.4%–

24Grundy County, IAIA12,3612.4%–

25Cherokee County, IAIA11,3692.4%–

26Calhoun County, IAIA9,5622.4%–

27Harrison County, IAIA14,6232.5%–

28Marion County, IAIA34,1922.5%–

29Floyd County, IAIA14,9012.6%–

30Hardin County, IAIA16,4552.7%–

31Taylor County, IAIA5,8352.7%–

32Wright County, IAIA12,8012.8%–

33Sac County, IAIA9,5252.8%–

34Cedar County, IAIA18,3592.8%–

35Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382.8%–

36Washington County, IAIA22,6672.8%–

37Buchanan County, IAIA20,8832.9%–

38Madison County, IAIA17,2703.0%–

39Davis County, IAIA9,2303.0%–

40Emmet County, IAIA9,1073.0%–

41Osceola County, IAIA5,9803.0%–

42Ringgold County, IAIA4,6423.0%–

43Hamilton County, IAIA14,9443.1%–

44Winnebago County, IAIA10,2513.1%–

45Bremer County, IAIA25,2963.1%–

46Webster County, IAIA36,8383.1%–

47Mahaska County, IAIA21,8803.2%–

48Dallas County, IAIA118,4573.2%–

49Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3723.3%–

50Warren County, IAIA57,3313.3%–

51Muscatine County, IAIA41,8533.3%–

52Lucas County, IAIA8,8473.3%–

53Montgomery County, IAIA10,0023.4%–

54Worth County, IAIA7,3383.4%–

55Iowa County, IAIA16,5043.4%–

56Shelby County, IAIA11,6893.5%–

57Jasper County, IAIA38,1533.5%–

58Adams County, IAIA3,6173.6%–

59Kossuth County, IAIA14,3223.7%–

60Humboldt County, IAIA9,4093.7%–

61Johnson County, IAIA160,0443.7%–

62Butler County, IAIA14,0493.8%–

63Guthrie County, IAIA10,7823.8%–

64Keokuk County, IAIA9,7973.8%–

65Fremont County, IAIA6,5223.8%–

66Linn County, IAIA232,0283.9%–

67Scott County, IAIA175,2594.0%–

68Tama County, IAIA16,7964.0%–

69Mills County, IAIA14,7934.0%–

70Decatur County, IAIA7,6554.0%–

71Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8194.0%–

72Louisa County, IAIA10,4164.1%–

73Dubuque County, IAIA99,3814.1%–

74Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9964.2%–

75Des Moines County, IAIA38,0774.2%–

76Greene County, IAIA8,6584.3%–

77Clinton County, IAIA46,0024.4%–

78Jones County, IAIA21,2534.4%–

79Franklin County, IAIA9,8684.5%–

80Polk County, IAIA516,5464.6%–

81Clay County, IAIA16,2024.6%–

82Woodbury County, IAIA106,6494.7%–

83Van Buren County, IAIA7,1314.7%–

84Union County, IAIA11,8294.8%–

85Henry County, IAIA19,3494.8%–

86Monroe County, IAIA7,4064.9%–

87Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3685.0%–

88Wapello County, IAIA35,2105.1%–

89Page County, IAIA14,8565.1%–

90Lee County, IAIA32,3065.2%–

91Crawford County, IAIA16,2375.2%–

92Marshall County, IAIA39,8905.2%–

93Jackson County, IAIA19,2885.3%–

94Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5325.3%–

95Story County, IAIA101,2915.7%–

96Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4495.9%–

97Adair County, IAIA7,4035.9%–

98Appanoose County, IAIA12,0776.6%–

99Jefferson County, IAIA15,2917.3%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS