Unemployment Rate in Benton County, IA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
2.0% −62.0% vs nat'l
Rank #288 of 3,222
91th percentile

How Benton County Compares

Benton County
2.0%
Iowa Average
2.0%
Rank #21 of 99 in state
National
5.3%
62.0% below

National Distribution

Where Benton County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Benton County: 2.0%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#285 Oconto County, WI 2.0%
#286 Wasatch County, UT 2.0%
#287 Lemhi County, ID 2.0%
#288 Benton County, IA 2.0%
#289 Lincoln County, WY 2.0%
#290 Elk County, KS 2.0%
#291 Keith County, NE 2.0%
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Unemployment Rate in Benton County, Iowa

Benton County, Iowa has a unemployment rate of 2.0%, which ranks #288 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 62.0% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Iowa, Benton County ranks #21 of 99 out of 99 counties. This places it in the 91th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.