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Job creation rate in Iowa

Job creation rate in Iowa was 12.822% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.46 pts from 2022. That is the 32nd highest of 51 states in 2023.

202312.822%
Change on 2022-0.46 pts
Rank32nd of 51US states ranked
Series high18.9291978
Series low9.2342021

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Job creation rate in Iowa, 1978 to 2023

810121416182019781985199219992006201320231978: 18.929 %1979: 16.431 %1980: 13.125 %1981: 13.823 %1982: 12.072 %1983: 17.442 %1984: 15.658 %1985: 13.863 %1986: 15.973 %1987: 16.626 %1988: 17.082 %1989: 16.86 %1990: 14.378 %1991: 13.398 %1992: 14.849 %1993: 13.163 %1994: 13.611 %1995: 14.219 %1996: 13.636 %1997: 15.001 %1998: 14.189 %1999: 14.252 %2000: 13.298 %2001: 11.409 %2002: 13.02 %2003: 12.57 %2004: 12.881 %2005: 12.437 %2006: 13.081 %2007: 12.464 %2008: 12.338 %2009: 10.824 %2010: 9.716 %2011: 10.748 %2012: 11.714 %2013: 10.556 %2014: 9.564 %2015: 10.877 %2016: 10.221 %2017: 11.306 %2018: 10.685 %2019: 10.403 %2020: 9.813 %2021: 9.234 %2022: 13.28 %2023: 12.822 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202312.822
202213.28
20219.234
20209.813
201910.403
201810.685
201711.306
201610.221
201510.877
20149.564
201310.556
201211.714
201110.748
20109.716
200910.824
200812.338
200712.464
200613.081
200512.437
200412.881
200312.57
200213.02
200111.409
200013.298
199914.252
199814.189
199715.001
199613.636
199514.219
199413.611
199313.163
199214.849
199113.398
199014.378
198916.86
198817.082
198716.626
198615.973
198513.863
198415.658
198317.442
198212.072
198113.823
198013.125
197916.431
197818.929

Compared with United States

Place2023
Iowa12.822
United States13.592

Rankings

Definition

Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job creation rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/iowa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job creation rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/iowa.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/iowa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Job creation rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in Iowa?

Job creation rate in Iowa was 12.822% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.46 pts from 2022. That is the 32nd highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest job creation rate in Iowa?

18.929% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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