Counties in Iowa by business revenue: utilities (Economic Census), 2022

Linn County had the highest business revenue: utilities (Economic Census) of 17 counties in 2022, at $772.58 million. Palo Alto County had the lowest, at $19.05 million. The median was $46.56 million and the figure for Iowa was $9.86 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest772.6Linn County

Lowest19.1Palo Alto County

Median46.617 counties

Iowa9,862History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 28
28 to 41
41 to 50
50 to 98
98 and over
No data

USD million, 2022. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 USD million
1	Linn County	772.6
2	Humboldt County	130.8
3	Plymouth County	123.5
4	Union County	99.2
5	Clinton County	92.6
6	Appanoose County	69.7
7	Sioux County	50.3
8	Lee County	50
9	Buena Vista County	46.6
10	Clay County	44.8
11	Osceola County	38.7
12	Franklin County	35.3
13	Carroll County	32.3
14	Jasper County	26.9
15	Crawford County	20
16	Cherokee County	19.3
17	Palo Alto County	19.1

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in utilities (NAICS 22), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census. Excludes government owned utilities.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), all establishments (Counties in Iowa by business revenue: utilities (Economic Census), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), all establishments, Counties in Iowa by business revenue: utilities (Economic Census), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-utilities/iowa-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), all establishments. Counties in Iowa by business revenue: utilities (Economic Census), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-utilities/iowa-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), all establishments, Counties in Iowa by business revenue: utilities (Economic Census), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-utilities/iowa-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest business revenue: utilities (Economic Census)?

Linn County, with $772.58 million in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: utilities (Economic Census)?

Palo Alto County, with $19.05 million in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.