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BLS Open Data · April 2026

Iowa Unemployment Rate by County

Statewide rate: 3.3% (April 2026)

Unemployment Rate in Iowa and Neighbouring States

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Unemployment Rate by County

Black Hawk County, Iowa: $3.1Hancock County, Iowa: $2.5Wapello County, Iowa: $3.1Cedar County, Iowa: $2.4Howard County, Iowa: $2.3Warren County, Iowa: $2.3Wayne County, Iowa: $2.1Marshall County, Iowa: $4.6Franklin County, Iowa: $2.5Delaware County, Iowa: $2.1Buchanan County, Iowa: $2.4Webster County, Iowa: $2.6Boone County, Iowa: $2Ringgold County, Iowa: $1.8Shelby County, Iowa: $2.1Union County, Iowa: $2.4Adams County, Iowa: $2.1Mahaska County, Iowa: $2Adair County, Iowa: $1.9Hamilton County, Iowa: $2.2Hardin County, Iowa: $2.2Ida County, Iowa: $1.9Marion County, Iowa: $2.1Poweshiek County, Iowa: $2.3Polk County, Iowa: $2.6Madison County, Iowa: $2.1Van Buren County, Iowa: $2.6Henry County, Iowa: $2.5Cerro Gordo County, Iowa: $2.5Wright County, Iowa: $2.1Jones County, Iowa: $2.7Carroll County, Iowa: $1.8Greene County, Iowa: $2.8Emmet County, Iowa: $2.7Mitchell County, Iowa: $2.2Montgomery County, Iowa: $2.2Bremer County, Iowa: $2.3Washington County, Iowa: $2.1O'Brien County, Iowa: $1.8Pocahontas County, Iowa: $2.4Davis County, Iowa: $2.3Crawford County, Iowa: $3.5Grundy County, Iowa: $2.3Audubon County, Iowa: $1.8Linn County, Iowa: $2.7Keokuk County, Iowa: $2.5Sac County, Iowa: $2.3Woodbury County, Iowa: $2.6Pottawattamie County, Iowa: $2.8Muscatine County, Iowa: $2.9Mills County, Iowa: $2.3Osceola County, Iowa: $1.5Fayette County, Iowa: $2.7Jasper County, Iowa: $2.5Des Moines County, Iowa: $2.9Story County, Iowa: $2.2Plymouth County, Iowa: $1.9Appanoose County, Iowa: $2.5Dubuque County, Iowa: $2.4Fremont County, Iowa: $2.3Decatur County, Iowa: $2.4Winneshiek County, Iowa: $2.1Clay County, Iowa: $2.2Johnson County, Iowa: $2Lucas County, Iowa: $3Monroe County, Iowa: $2.2Iowa County, Iowa: $2.7Benton County, Iowa: $2.3Kossuth County, Iowa: $2Scott County, Iowa: $3Harrison County, Iowa: $2Louisa County, Iowa: $2.5Page County, Iowa: $2Clayton County, Iowa: $2.8Humboldt County, Iowa: $2.3Jefferson County, Iowa: $2.4Sioux County, Iowa: $1.7Dallas County, Iowa: $2.3Cass County, Iowa: $2.3Clarke County, Iowa: $2.1Monona County, Iowa: $2.2Calhoun County, Iowa: $2.5Jackson County, Iowa: $2.9Chickasaw County, Iowa: $2.1Guthrie County, Iowa: $2.3Winnebago County, Iowa: $2.3Dickinson County, Iowa: $2.3Lee County, Iowa: $2.6Taylor County, Iowa: $1.7Butler County, Iowa: $2.8Floyd County, Iowa: $2.7Worth County, Iowa: $2.3Cherokee County, Iowa: $1.9Palo Alto County, Iowa: $2Tama County, Iowa: $3.6Buena Vista County, Iowa: $2.1Lyon County, Iowa: $1.8Allamakee County, Iowa: $3.3Clinton County, Iowa: $3.1

How Iowa Compares to Other States

Average county unemployment rate ranked against all states with BLS data.

Lower unemployment than 98% of states · 2nd of 52

Lowest: North Dakota(2.4%)
Highest: Alaska(7.1%)
#StateValue
1South Dakota1.9%
2Iowa(you are here)2.4%
3North Dakota2.4%
… 46 more …
50California6.0%
51Puerto Rico6.5%
52Alaska7.1%

Highest & Lowest Unemployment Rate by County

#CountyValue
1Marshall County4.6%
2Tama County3.6%
3Crawford County3.5%
97Sioux County1.7%
98Taylor County1.7%
99Osceola County1.5%

Counties in Iowa (99)

CountyUnemployment Rate
Adair County, Iowa1.9%
Adams County, Iowa2.1%
Allamakee County, Iowa3.3%
Appanoose County, Iowa2.5%
Audubon County, Iowa1.8%
Benton County, Iowa2.3%
Black Hawk County, Iowa3.1%
Boone County, Iowa2%
Bremer County, Iowa2.3%
Buchanan County, Iowa2.4%
Buena Vista County, Iowa2.1%
Butler County, Iowa2.8%
Calhoun County, Iowa2.5%
Carroll County, Iowa1.8%
Cass County, Iowa2.3%
Cedar County, Iowa2.4%
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa2.5%
Cherokee County, Iowa1.9%
Chickasaw County, Iowa2.1%
Clarke County, Iowa2.1%
Clay County, Iowa2.2%
Clayton County, Iowa2.8%
Clinton County, Iowa3.1%
Crawford County, Iowa3.5%
Dallas County, Iowa2.3%
Davis County, Iowa2.3%
Decatur County, Iowa2.4%
Delaware County, Iowa2.1%
Des Moines County, Iowa2.9%
Dickinson County, Iowa2.3%
Dubuque County, Iowa2.4%
Emmet County, Iowa2.7%
Fayette County, Iowa2.7%
Floyd County, Iowa2.7%
Franklin County, Iowa2.5%
Fremont County, Iowa2.3%
Greene County, Iowa2.8%
Grundy County, Iowa2.3%
Guthrie County, Iowa2.3%
Hamilton County, Iowa2.2%
Hancock County, Iowa2.5%
Hardin County, Iowa2.2%
Harrison County, Iowa2%
Henry County, Iowa2.5%
Howard County, Iowa2.3%
Humboldt County, Iowa2.3%
Ida County, Iowa1.9%
Iowa County, Iowa2.7%
Jackson County, Iowa2.9%
Jasper County, Iowa2.5%
Jefferson County, Iowa2.4%
Johnson County, Iowa2%
Jones County, Iowa2.7%
Keokuk County, Iowa2.5%
Kossuth County, Iowa2%
Lee County, Iowa2.6%
Linn County, Iowa2.7%
Louisa County, Iowa2.5%
Lucas County, Iowa3%
Lyon County, Iowa1.8%
Madison County, Iowa2.1%
Mahaska County, Iowa2%
Marion County, Iowa2.1%
Marshall County, Iowa4.6%
Mills County, Iowa2.3%
Mitchell County, Iowa2.2%
Monona County, Iowa2.2%
Monroe County, Iowa2.2%
Montgomery County, Iowa2.2%
Muscatine County, Iowa2.9%
O'Brien County, Iowa1.8%
Osceola County, Iowa1.5%
Page County, Iowa2%
Palo Alto County, Iowa2%
Plymouth County, Iowa1.9%
Pocahontas County, Iowa2.4%
Polk County, Iowa2.6%
Pottawattamie County, Iowa2.8%
Poweshiek County, Iowa2.3%
Ringgold County, Iowa1.8%
Sac County, Iowa2.3%
Scott County, Iowa3%
Shelby County, Iowa2.1%
Sioux County, Iowa1.7%
Story County, Iowa2.2%
Tama County, Iowa3.6%
Taylor County, Iowa1.7%
Union County, Iowa2.4%
Van Buren County, Iowa2.6%
Wapello County, Iowa3.1%
Warren County, Iowa2.3%
Washington County, Iowa2.1%
Wayne County, Iowa2.1%
Webster County, Iowa2.6%
Winnebago County, Iowa2.3%
Winneshiek County, Iowa2.1%
Woodbury County, Iowa2.6%
Worth County, Iowa2.3%
Wright County, Iowa2.1%

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Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), public domain. Reference month: April 2026.