Unemployment Rate in Mahaska County, IA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
3.5% −33.9% vs nat'l
Rank #987 of 3,222
69th percentile

How Mahaska County Compares

Mahaska County
3.5%
Iowa Average
3.5%
Rank #62 of 99 in state
National
5.3%
33.9% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Mahaska County: 3.5%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#984 Broadwater County, MT 3.5%
#985 Dawson County, GA 3.5%
#986 Tom Green County, TX 3.5%
#987 Mahaska County, IA 3.5%
#988 Harrison County, IN 3.5%
#989 Forsyth County, GA 3.5%
#990 Lee County, AL 3.5%
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Unemployment Rate in Mahaska County, Iowa

Mahaska County, Iowa has a unemployment rate of 3.5%, which ranks #987 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 33.9% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Iowa, Mahaska County ranks #62 of 99 out of 99 counties. This places it in the 69th 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.