Unemployment Rate in Story County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Story County Compares
National Distribution
Where Story County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Story County: 4.8%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1,841 | McCurtain County, OK | 4.7% |
| #1,842 | Pueblo County, CO | 4.7% |
| #1,843 | Edgefield County, SC | 4.8% |
| #1,844 | Story County, IA | 4.8% |
| #1,845 | Washington County, OH | 4.8% |
| #1,846 | Cleveland County, OK | 4.8% |
| #1,847 | Assumption Parish, LA | 4.8% |
Unemployment Rate in Story County, Iowa
Story County, Iowa has a unemployment rate of 4.8%, which ranks #1,844 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 10.3% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Iowa, Story County ranks #89 of 99 out of 99 counties. This places it in the 43th 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.