# Counties in Iowa by unemployment 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: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. 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: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 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: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 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/unemployment-rate-acs/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 8 |
| 2 | Jasper County | 5.7 |
| 3 | Buena Vista County | 5.6 |
| 4 | Pocahontas County | 5.4 |
| 5 | Lucas County | 5.2 |
| 6 | Jackson County | 5.1 |
| 7 | Humboldt County | 5 |
| 8 | Page County | 5 |
| 9 | Hamilton County | 4.9 |
| 10 | Webster County | 4.8 |
| 11 | Story County | 4.8 |
| 12 | Black Hawk County | 4.6 |
| 13 | Keokuk County | 4.5 |
| 14 | Lee County | 4.5 |
| 15 | Sac County | 4.4 |
| 16 | Polk County | 4.4 |
| 17 | Hardin County | 4.3 |
| 17 | Wapello County | 4.3 |
| 19 | Marshall County | 4.3 |
| 20 | Clarke County | 4.2 |
| 21 | Woodbury County | 4.1 |
| 22 | Van Buren County | 4.1 |
| 23 | Union County | 4 |
| 24 | Adair County | 4 |
| 25 | Adams County | 3.9 |
| 26 | Appanoose County | 3.9 |
| 27 | Tama County | 3.8 |
| 28 | Crawford County | 3.8 |
| 29 | Pottawattamie County | 3.8 |
| 30 | Franklin County | 3.8 |
| 31 | Johnson County | 3.8 |
| 32 | Dubuque County | 3.7 |
| 33 | Scott County | 3.7 |
| 34 | Poweshiek County | 3.6 |
| 35 | Jones County | 3.6 |
| 36 | Worth County | 3.6 |
| 37 | Clay County | 3.5 |
| 37 | Mahaska County | 3.5 |
| 39 | Madison County | 3.5 |
| 40 | Linn County | 3.5 |
| 41 | Warren County | 3.4 |
| 42 | Osceola County | 3.4 |
| 43 | Clinton County | 3.4 |
| 44 | Bremer County | 3.3 |
| 45 | Floyd County | 3.3 |
| 46 | Ringgold County | 3.3 |
| 47 | Guthrie County | 3.2 |
| 48 | Fayette County | 3.2 |
| 48 | Muscatine County | 3.2 |
| 50 | Shelby County | 3.2 |
| 51 | Butler County | 3.1 |
| 51 | Monroe County | 3.1 |
| 53 | Des Moines County | 3.1 |
| 54 | Winnebago County | 3 |
| 55 | Louisa County | 3 |
| 56 | Dickinson County | 3 |
| 57 | Taylor County | 3 |
| 58 | Wayne County | 2.9 |
| 59 | Buchanan County | 2.8 |
| 60 | Davis County | 2.7 |
| 61 | Montgomery County | 2.6 |
| 62 | Cerro Gordo County | 2.6 |
| 63 | Calhoun County | 2.6 |
| 64 | Clayton County | 2.5 |
| 65 | Cherokee County | 2.5 |
| 66 | Allamakee County | 2.5 |
| 67 | Ida County | 2.4 |
| 68 | Lyon County | 2.3 |
| 69 | Winneshiek County | 2.3 |
| 70 | Greene County | 2.3 |
| 71 | Dallas County | 2.3 |
| 71 | Harrison County | 2.3 |
| 73 | Cedar County | 2.3 |
| 74 | Washington County | 2.2 |
| 75 | Palo Alto County | 2.2 |
| 75 | Plymouth County | 2.2 |
| 77 | Marion County | 2.2 |
| 78 | Delaware County | 2.1 |
| 79 | Benton County | 2 |
| 80 | Mills County | 2 |
| 81 | Grundy County | 2 |
| 82 | Decatur County | 1.9 |
| 83 | Kossuth County | 1.9 |
| 84 | Iowa County | 1.9 |
| 85 | Hancock County | 1.9 |
| 86 | Howard County | 1.9 |
| 87 | Wright County | 1.8 |
| 88 | Carroll County | 1.8 |
| 89 | Emmet County | 1.7 |
| 90 | Monona County | 1.6 |
| 91 | Chickasaw County | 1.6 |
| 92 | Sioux County | 1.5 |
| 93 | Boone County | 1.5 |
| 94 | Henry County | 1.5 |
| 95 | Cass County | 1.4 |
| 96 | Audubon County | 1.3 |
| 97 | Mitchell County | 1.2 |
| 98 | O'Brien County | 1 |
| 99 | Fremont County | 0.8 |