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Lowest unemployment, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

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 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES