Unemployment Rate in Howard County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Howard County Compares
National Distribution
Where Howard County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Howard County: 1.9%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #247 | McPherson County, KS | 1.8% |
| #248 | Wright County, IA | 1.8% |
| #249 | Russell County, KS | 1.8% |
| #250 | Howard County, IA | 1.9% |
| #251 | Lincoln County, NV | 1.9% |
| #252 | Hancock County, IA | 1.9% |
| #253 | Sutton County, TX | 1.9% |
Unemployment Rate in Howard County, Iowa
Howard County, Iowa has a unemployment rate of 1.9%, which ranks #250 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 65.0% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Iowa, Howard County ranks #14 of 99 out of 99 counties. This places it in the 92th 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.