Annual Unemployment Rates by County
| Source: | Local Area Unemployment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) |
| Units: | Unemployed percentage of the labor force |
| Additional data: | Download historical annual series (1990-current) in Excel |
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| FIPS | Area Name | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19000 | State of Iowa | 4.4 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 19001 | Adair | 2.5 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 19003 | Adams | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 19005 | Allamakee | 5.7 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| 19007 | Appanoose | 6.9 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 19009 | Audubon | 3.4 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 19011 | Benton | 5.3 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 19013 | Black Hawk | 5.9 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| 19015 | Boone | 4.3 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 19017 | Bremer | 3.8 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| 19019 | Buchanan | 5.6 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 19021 | Buena Vista | 2.7 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 19023 | Butler | 4.7 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| 19025 | Calhoun | 2.4 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| 19027 | Carroll | 4.2 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 19029 | Cass | 5.6 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| 19031 | Cedar | 2.8 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 19033 | Cerro Gordo | 5.4 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| 19035 | Cherokee | 2.8 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 19037 | Chickasaw | 6.2 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 19039 | Clarke | 5.1 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 19041 | Clay | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 19043 | Clayton | 5.6 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| 19045 | Clinton | 6.0 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| 19047 | Crawford | 5.8 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| 19049 | Dallas | 3.6 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 19051 | Davis | 3.7 | 3.2 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 19053 | Decatur | 6.4 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 19055 | Delaware | 4.7 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 19057 | Des Moines | 5.4 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 19059 | Dickinson | 3.4 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 19061 | Dubuque | 6.1 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| 19063 | Emmet | 5.8 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 19065 | Fayette | 4.3 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
| 19067 | Floyd | 5.5 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 19069 | Franklin | 4.1 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 19071 | Fremont | 3.6 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 19073 | Greene | 5.1 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 19075 | Grundy | 2.6 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 19077 | Guthrie | 3.9 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 19079 | Hamilton | 4.9 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 19081 | Hancock | 6.0 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 19083 | Hardin | 4.8 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 19085 | Harrison | 4.1 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 19087 | Henry | 3.6 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| 19089 | Howard | 4.0 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| 19091 | Humboldt | 3.2 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| 19093 | Ida | 2.5 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| 19095 | Iowa | 2.6 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 19097 | Jackson | 6.7 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| 19099 | Jasper | 3.6 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 19101 | Jefferson | 4.3 | 2.8 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 19103 | Johnson | 3.2 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 19105 | Jones | 4.9 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
| 19107 | Keokuk | 4.6 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 19109 | Kossuth | 4.5 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| 19111 | Lee | 6.6 | 4.4 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 19113 | Linn | 5.7 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 19115 | Louisa | 4.6 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| 19117 | Lucas | 6.2 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| 19119 | Lyon | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 19121 | Madison | 4.4 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 19123 | Mahaska | 4.0 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 19125 | Marion | 3.8 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| 19127 | Marshall | 3.4 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 19129 | Mills | 3.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 19131 | Mitchell | 4.0 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 19133 | Monona | 3.6 | 3.1 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| 19135 | Monroe | 5.5 | 3.1 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 19137 | Montgomery | 4.6 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 19139 | Muscatine | 5.0 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| 19141 | O'Brien | 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| 19143 | Osceola | 3.0 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 19145 | Page | 4.9 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 2.5 |
| 19147 | Palo Alto | 3.8 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 19149 | Plymouth | 3.1 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 19151 | Pocahontas | 2.2 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 19153 | Polk | 3.3 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 19155 | Pottawattamie | 4.0 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 19157 | Poweshiek | 4.6 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| 19159 | Ringgold | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 19161 | Sac | 4.1 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 19163 | Scott | 4.4 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
| 19165 | Shelby | 4.2 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| 19167 | Sioux | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 19169 | Story | 3.8 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| 19171 | Tama | 4.5 | 3.3 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| 19173 | Taylor | 3.7 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| 19175 | Union | 5.1 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 19177 | Van Buren | 3.5 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| 19179 | Wapello | 6.1 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 19181 | Warren | 2.8 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 19183 | Washington | 2.8 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 19185 | Wayne | 2.9 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 19187 | Webster | 5.2 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 19189 | Winnebago | 8.0 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 19191 | Winneshiek | 5.7 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 19193 | Woodbury | 4.5 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 19195 | Worth | 6.6 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| 19197 | Wright | 3.6 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
Notes
- Persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, are currently available for work, and have actively looked for work in the prior four weeks, or if they are waiting to be recalled to a job from which they have been laid off.
- The labor force includes the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and older.
- Unemployment is measured on a place of residence basis.
- Historical data are subject to revision by BLS.
- Last BLS update: April 2019