# Cities in Iowa by employed residents, 2025

All 23 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/iowa-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Des Moines, IA | 114,124 |
| 2 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 72,144 |
| 3 | Davenport, IA | 51,338 |
| 4 | Sioux City, IA | 44,637 |
| 5 | Iowa City, IA | 43,591 |
| 6 | West Des Moines, IA | 43,390 |
| 7 | Ankeny, IA | 43,194 |
| 8 | Ames, IA | 36,861 |
| 9 | Waterloo, IA | 31,891 |
| 10 | Council Bluffs, IA | 30,735 |
| 11 | Dubuque, IA | 30,441 |
| 12 | Urbandale, IA | 25,227 |
| 13 | Cedar Falls, IA | 22,527 |
| 14 | Marion, IA | 21,466 |
| 15 | Bettendorf, IA | 20,621 |
| 16 | Waukee, IA | 19,297 |
| 17 | Mason City, IA | 14,246 |
| 18 | Johnston, IA | 12,998 |
| 19 | Marshalltown, IA | 12,581 |
| 20 | Ottumwa, IA | 11,978 |
| 21 | Fort Dodge, IA | 11,166 |
| 22 | Burlington, IA | 10,969 |
| 23 | Clinton, IA | 10,365 |