# Counties in Iowa by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dallas County | 74.5 |
| 2 | Polk County | 71.4 |
| 3 | Sioux County | 70.3 |
| 4 | Madison County | 69.8 |
| 5 | Delaware County | 69.6 |
| 6 | Johnson County | 69.5 |
| 7 | Buena Vista County | 69 |
| 8 | Plymouth County | 68.9 |
| 9 | Warren County | 68.7 |
| 10 | Worth County | 68.3 |
| 11 | Lyon County | 68.3 |
| 12 | Buchanan County | 68 |
| 13 | Linn County | 67.8 |
| 14 | Washington County | 67.5 |
| 15 | Sac County | 67.4 |
| 16 | Woodbury County | 67.2 |
| 17 | Palo Alto County | 67.2 |
| 18 | Dubuque County | 66.8 |
| 19 | Story County | 66.8 |
| 20 | Marshall County | 66.8 |
| 21 | Iowa County | 66.7 |
| 22 | Black Hawk County | 66.7 |
| 23 | Chickasaw County | 66.7 |
| 24 | Mitchell County | 66.4 |
| 25 | Boone County | 66.4 |
| 26 | Crawford County | 66.3 |
| 27 | Carroll County | 66.2 |
| 28 | Cherokee County | 66.2 |
| 29 | Bremer County | 66.1 |
| 30 | Winneshiek County | 66 |
| 31 | Ida County | 65.9 |
| 32 | Hamilton County | 65.9 |
| 33 | Clay County | 65.8 |
| 34 | O'Brien County | 65.7 |
| 35 | Grundy County | 65.7 |
| 35 | Scott County | 65.7 |
| 37 | Marion County | 65.5 |
| 38 | Benton County | 65.4 |
| 39 | Adair County | 65.4 |
| 40 | Osceola County | 65.3 |
| 41 | Emmet County | 65.3 |
| 42 | Harrison County | 65.2 |
| 43 | Mahaska County | 65 |
| 44 | Muscatine County | 65 |
| 45 | Clarke County | 64.8 |
| 46 | Howard County | 64.7 |
| 47 | Cedar County | 64.6 |
| 48 | Dickinson County | 64.5 |
| 49 | Allamakee County | 64.5 |
| 50 | Humboldt County | 64.1 |
| 51 | Cass County | 63.5 |
| 52 | Butler County | 63.5 |
| 53 | Ringgold County | 63.4 |
| 54 | Louisa County | 63.4 |
| 55 | Pottawattamie County | 63.4 |
| 56 | Winnebago County | 63.3 |
| 57 | Hancock County | 63.2 |
| 58 | Cerro Gordo County | 63.2 |
| 59 | Guthrie County | 62.9 |
| 60 | Taylor County | 62.9 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 62.8 |
| 62 | Kossuth County | 62.7 |
| 63 | Shelby County | 62.5 |
| 64 | Decatur County | 62.4 |
| 65 | Webster County | 62.3 |
| 66 | Jasper County | 62.1 |
| 67 | Poweshiek County | 62.1 |
| 68 | Floyd County | 62 |
| 69 | Tama County | 62 |
| 70 | Hardin County | 61.9 |
| 70 | Wapello County | 61.9 |
| 72 | Audubon County | 61.8 |
| 73 | Des Moines County | 61.8 |
| 74 | Clayton County | 61.7 |
| 75 | Mills County | 61.7 |
| 76 | Davis County | 61.6 |
| 77 | Monroe County | 61.4 |
| 78 | Wayne County | 61.3 |
| 79 | Clinton County | 61.1 |
| 79 | Monona County | 61.1 |
| 81 | Pocahontas County | 61 |
| 82 | Franklin County | 60.8 |
| 83 | Keokuk County | 60.7 |
| 84 | Fayette County | 60.7 |
| 85 | Wright County | 60.1 |
| 86 | Lucas County | 60.1 |
| 87 | Adams County | 60 |
| 88 | Jones County | 59.8 |
| 89 | Greene County | 59.8 |
| 90 | Jefferson County | 59 |
| 91 | Fremont County | 58.9 |
| 92 | Henry County | 58.6 |
| 93 | Van Buren County | 58.2 |
| 94 | Union County | 58.1 |
| 95 | Montgomery County | 57.9 |
| 96 | Lee County | 57.8 |
| 97 | Calhoun County | 56.2 |
| 98 | Appanoose County | 56.2 |
| 99 | Page County | 54.3 |