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Employed residents in Cedar Rapids, IA

Employed residents in Cedar Rapids, IA was 72,144 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.8% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 23 cities in 2025.

2025, persons72,144
Change on 2024+0.8%
Rank2nd of 23Cities in Iowa ranked
Series high76,5622019
Series low58,7411990

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Employed residents in Cedar Rapids, IA, 1990 to 2025

55K60K65K70K75K80K19901996200220082014202020251990: 58,741 persons1991: 59,303 persons1992: 61,539 persons1993: 64,209 persons1994: 65,935 persons1995: 67,830 persons1996: 68,655 persons1997: 68,965 persons1998: 70,596 persons1999: 71,870 persons2000: 67,896 persons2001: 68,081 persons2002: 68,535 persons2003: 66,869 persons2004: 66,526 persons2005: 66,410 persons2006: 68,386 persons2007: 69,382 persons2008: 70,996 persons2009: 69,705 persons2010: 67,817 persons2011: 67,969 persons2012: 67,823 persons2013: 68,149 persons2014: 69,184 persons2015: 69,158 persons2016: 73,564 persons2017: 73,500 persons2018: 74,963 persons2019: 76,562 persons2020: 70,794 persons2021: 71,831 persons2022: 73,502 persons2023: 72,440 persons2024: 71,546 persons2025: 72,144 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202572,144
202471,546
202372,440
202273,502
202171,831
202070,794
201976,562
201874,963
201773,500
201673,564
201569,158
201469,184
201368,149
201267,823
201167,969
201067,817
200969,705
200870,996
200769,382
200668,386
200566,410
200466,526
200366,869
200268,535
200168,081
200067,896
199971,870
199870,596
199768,965
199668,655
199567,830
199465,935
199364,209
199261,539
199159,303
199058,741

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/cedar-rapids-ia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/cedar-rapids-ia.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/cedar-rapids-ia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the employed residents in Cedar Rapids, IA?

Employed residents in Cedar Rapids, IA was 72,144 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.8% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 23 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Cedar Rapids, IA?

76,562 in 2019, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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