# Counties in Iowa by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 99 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/iowa-counties
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| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Allamakee County | 5.7 |
| 2 | Marshall County | 5.5 |
| 3 | Des Moines County | 5.2 |
| 4 | Clinton County | 4.8 |
| 5 | Wapello County | 4.6 |
| 6 | Scott County | 4.5 |
| 7 | Tama County | 4.4 |
| 8 | Appanoose County | 4.3 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 4.3 |
| 10 | Lucas County | 4.2 |
| 11 | Black Hawk County | 4.1 |
| 11 | Crawford County | 4.1 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 4.1 |
| 14 | Greene County | 4 |
| 14 | Lee County | 4 |
| 14 | Linn County | 4 |
| 17 | Emmet County | 3.9 |
| 17 | Muscatine County | 3.9 |
| 17 | Pottawattamie County | 3.9 |
| 20 | Davis County | 3.8 |
| 20 | Floyd County | 3.8 |
| 20 | Henry County | 3.8 |
| 20 | Polk County | 3.8 |
| 20 | Webster County | 3.8 |
| 25 | Butler County | 3.7 |
| 25 | Woodbury County | 3.7 |
| 27 | Clayton County | 3.6 |
| 27 | Hardin County | 3.6 |
| 27 | Jasper County | 3.6 |
| 30 | Cerro Gordo County | 3.5 |
| 30 | Dubuque County | 3.5 |
| 30 | Fayette County | 3.5 |
| 30 | Franklin County | 3.5 |
| 30 | Jones County | 3.5 |
| 30 | Louisa County | 3.5 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 3.5 |
| 30 | Pocahontas County | 3.5 |
| 30 | Union County | 3.5 |
| 39 | Dallas County | 3.4 |
| 39 | Winnebago County | 3.4 |
| 41 | Benton County | 3.3 |
| 41 | Iowa County | 3.3 |
| 41 | Madison County | 3.3 |
| 41 | Warren County | 3.3 |
| 45 | Adams County | 3.2 |
| 45 | Buchanan County | 3.2 |
| 45 | Grundy County | 3.2 |
| 45 | Guthrie County | 3.2 |
| 45 | Kossuth County | 3.2 |
| 45 | Mills County | 3.2 |
| 45 | Van Buren County | 3.2 |
| 52 | Boone County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Bremer County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Cass County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Dickinson County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Howard County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Humboldt County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Keokuk County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Mitchell County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Monona County | 3.1 |
| 52 | Wayne County | 3.1 |
| 62 | Calhoun County | 3 |
| 62 | Cedar County | 3 |
| 62 | Clay County | 3 |
| 62 | Decatur County | 3 |
| 62 | Fremont County | 3 |
| 62 | Johnson County | 3 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 3 |
| 62 | Poweshiek County | 3 |
| 62 | Story County | 3 |
| 71 | Buena Vista County | 2.9 |
| 71 | Hamilton County | 2.9 |
| 71 | Harrison County | 2.9 |
| 71 | Shelby County | 2.9 |
| 75 | Hancock County | 2.8 |
| 75 | Mahaska County | 2.8 |
| 75 | Page County | 2.8 |
| 75 | Plymouth County | 2.8 |
| 75 | Worth County | 2.8 |
| 80 | Chickasaw County | 2.7 |
| 80 | Clarke County | 2.7 |
| 80 | Marion County | 2.7 |
| 80 | Sac County | 2.7 |
| 84 | Cherokee County | 2.6 |
| 84 | Delaware County | 2.6 |
| 84 | Ida County | 2.6 |
| 84 | Palo Alto County | 2.6 |
| 84 | Ringgold County | 2.6 |
| 89 | Carroll County | 2.5 |
| 89 | Washington County | 2.5 |
| 89 | Winneshiek County | 2.5 |
| 89 | Wright County | 2.5 |
| 93 | O'Brien County | 2.4 |
| 93 | Taylor County | 2.4 |
| 95 | Audubon County | 2.3 |
| 96 | Lyon County | 2.2 |
| 96 | Sioux County | 2.2 |
| 98 | Adair County | 2.1 |
| 98 | Osceola County | 2.1 |