Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety80#11/51
Economy58#22/51
Housing99#1/51
Health56#23/51
Healthcare64#19/51
Environment85#8/49
Education50#26/51
Infrastructure40#31/51
Community92#5/51
Leisure & amenities44#29/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mammography screening · high57.0%
100/100United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Home price to income ratio · low2.8×
98/100United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Severe housing problems · low11.4%
98/100United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.444
96/100United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Cost of buying a home today · low25.7%
96/100United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Drug overdose deaths · low9.4 /100k
96/100United States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Weaknesses

New business applications · low10.8 /1k
6/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low226 /100k
14/100United States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult obesity · high39.7%
16/100United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · high1.33%
16/100United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Broadband subscriptions · low88.8%
18/100United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Distance to an Amtrak station · high60 mi
20/100United States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
36% (2021) → 13% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−23 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drinking water violationsWorsening
0 (2020) → 0 (2023)
+44%3 years
New business applicationsImproving
7.5 /1k (2020) → 10.8 /1k (2025)
+44%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.8% (2015-2019) → 88.9% (2020-2024)
+8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$54,109 (2019) → $74,320 (2024)
+37%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
72.7% (2010 & 2021) → 80.0% (2022 & 2024)
+7.3 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Iowa improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 13 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Real income+37%$54,109 → $74,320
New businesses+44%7.5 /1k → 10.8 /1k
Broadband+8.1 points80.8% → 88.9%
High school++1.2 points92.1% → 93.3%
Overdose deaths−17%11.3 /100k → 9.4 /100k

Declined5

Grocery stores−13%2.2 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Uninsured+0.7 points5.7% → 6.4%
Commute+0.5 min19.3 min → 19.8 min
Rent / income+0.5 points26.9% → 27.4%
Price / income+0.3×2.4× → 2.8×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.8 /10k2020	4.7 /10k2025	−1.3%	Within the margin of error	1%
Average commute time	19.3 min2015-2019	19.8 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Declined	21%
Average weekly wage	$1,0062020	$1,2212025	+21%	Improved	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Improved	13%
Broadband subscriptions	80.8%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Improved	46%
Child poverty rate	12.8%2019	13.1%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Distance to an airport	44 mi2020	44 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	11.3 /100k2020	9.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−17%	Improved	38%
Effective property tax rate	1.51%2015-2019	1.33%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	68%
Firearm deaths	11.0 /100k2020	11.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.6%	Within the margin of error	25%
Grocery stores	2.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	1%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	92.1%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Improved	36%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	81%
Homicide rate	3.3 /100k2020	2.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−21%	Within the margin of error	17%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,1092019	$74,3202024	+37%	Improved	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4422015-2019	0.4442020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$61,8072019	$75,6232024	+22%	Improved	40%
New business applications	7.5 /1k2020	10.8 /1k2025	+44%	Improved	75%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−9%	Within the margin of error	42%
Poverty rate	11.0%2019	11.2%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public libraries	1.8 /10k2019	1.8 /10k2024	−1.7%	Within the margin of error	70%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	60%
Rent as share of income	26.9%2015-2019	27.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Declined	57%
Rent-burdened households	43.1%2015-2019	43.9%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Restaurants and bars	10.1 /10k2020	9.7 /10k2025	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	21%
Students per teacher	14.6×2019	14.1×2024	−0.6×	Little change	40%
Suicide rate	17.3 /100k2020	16.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	77%
Traffic deaths	10.9 /100k2015-2019	11.0 /100k2020-2024	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	68%
Unemployment rate	5.2%2020	3.5%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.7%2019	6.4%2024	+0.7 points	Declined	7%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Iowa itself moved −5.7 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,210,507 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,210,507 residents

Iowa
United States share

White82%2,642,646
Black3.8%121,705
Hispanic or Latino7.3%233,706
Asian2.5%79,174
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%5,239
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.2%5,703
Other or two or more races3.8%122,334

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,154,149 residents (±944)

Iowa
United States share

No high school diploma6.7%145,298
High school or GED30%646,234
Some college20%424,210
Associate degree12%261,499
Bachelor's degree21%450,118
Graduate degree11%226,790

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+1.6 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,315,707 households (±3,984)

Iowa
United States share

Under $25k14%183,263
$25k–50k19%243,713
$50k–75k18%230,392
$75k–100k14%184,128
$100k–150k19%245,953
$150k–200k8.8%115,618
$200k or more8.6%112,640

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−4.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,315,707 households (±3,984)

Iowa
United States share

Own72%943,396
Rent28%372,311

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−0.7 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

350,667 households (±3,497)

Iowa
United States share

Under $75025%89,151
$750–1,00028%97,413
$1,000–1,50032%113,239
$1,500–2,000

Home values

943,396 homes (±5,414)

Iowa
United States share

Under $150k32%298,304
$150k–250k30%280,341
$250k–400k23%221,509
$400k–750k

Age of homes

1,437,699 homes (±523)

Iowa
United States share

2010 or later11%156,729
2000–200911%155,455
1980–199917%240,213
1960–1979

Size of homes

1,437,699 homes (±523)

Iowa
United States share

Studio1.7%25,059
1 bedroom9.2%132,039
2 bedrooms27%388,749
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,611,395 workers (±5,299)

Iowa
United States share

Drive alone76%1,224,151
Carpool7.8%125,139
Public transit0.7%11,073
Walk2.9%46,647
Bike0.3%5,471
Work from home11%182,141
Other1.0%16,773

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,429,254 workers (±5,516)

Iowa
United States share

Under 15 min42%597,759
15–29 min37%526,120
30–44 min13%187,650

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Iowa employ 336,520 people. 3 pay a median above the US median and 7 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Iowa by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Cashiers41,450 jobs	41,450	$28,970US $32,880	−12%	1.34×
Retail Salespersons41,000 jobs	41,000	$31,360US $35,410	−11%	1.05×
Fast Food and Counter Workers40,290 jobs	40,290	$28,390US $31,200	−9%	1.04×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers35,040 jobs	35,040	$58,070US $58,640	−1%	1.69×
Registered Nurses34,420 jobs	34,420	$78,630US $97,550	−19%	1.02×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand30,890 jobs	30,890	$43,490US $40,240	+8%	1.04×
General and Operations Managers30,760 jobs	30,760	$87,690US $105,770	−17%	0.88×
Customer Service Representatives30,100 jobs	30,100	$46,090US $44,770	+3%	1.16×
Stockers and Order Fillers26,770 jobs	26,770	$36,640US $37,330	−2%	0.94×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides25,800 jobs	25,800	$36,080US $35,800	+1%	0.6×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Iowa.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Iowa has 83,321 employer establishments, 259 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248), with 1,415,652 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,344. The Census Bureau also counts 233,080 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 83,321; 233,080 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 259; US 248
Paid employees: 1,415,652
Average annual pay: $56,344; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Iowa by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	6,007	18.7	1.21×About typical	52,146	$72,941	18,333
Ambulatory health care services	5,544	17.2	0.83×About typical	64,808	$71,455	7,822
Restaurants and other eating places	5,367	16.7	0.91×About typical	94,357	$19,243	972
Lessors of real estate	3,110	9.7	0.79×Fewer than typical	10,990	$53,291	27,376
Truck transportation	3,037	9.4	1.87×More than typical	38,734	$58,019	8,059
Religious organizations	2,948	9.2	1.65×More than typical	17,337	$23,126	—
Construction of buildings	2,536	7.9	1.04×About typical	15,531	$71,362	8,236
Full-service restaurants	2,459	7.6	1.00×About typical	44,032	$20,660	368
Offices of other health practitioners	2,435	7.6	1.25×About typical	12,359	$47,857	3,624
Services to buildings and dwellings	2,216	6.9	1.02×About typical	19,334	$37,937	13,149
Building equipment contractors	2,139	6.7	1.11×About typical	28,556	$72,338	2,551
Insurance agencies and brokerages	2,125	6.6	1.51×More than typical	14,005	$75,319	4,515

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,214,739 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.6B on contracts performed in Iowa: $509 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.6B; −54% vs FY2025
Per resident: $509; US $1,994
Sole-source: 30%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$331.7M20%
Department of the Army$303.9M18%
United States Mint$138.2M8.4%
Defense Contract Management Agency$123.7M7.5%
Department of the Air Force$123.4M7.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$90.9M5.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$68.6M4.2%
Department of Energy$62.5M3.8%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.9BFY2017
2.2BFY2018
2.4BFY2019
2.8BFY2020
2.5BFY2021
2.7BFY2022
3.4BFY2023
3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$428.7M26%
Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing · 3314$138.2M8.4%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$120.1M7.3%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$118.7M7.2%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$115.2M7.0%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Largest awards

MULTI-PROGRAM NATIONAL PHYSICAL RESEARCH INCLUDING RARE EARTHS AND USE OF AMES MPC.$1.2B
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY· Story County, IA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 19, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DEAC0207CH11358
DESIGN, BUILD, AND COMMISSION A MODERN 155MM LOAD, ASSEMBLE, AND PACK (LAP) FACILITY AT THE IOWA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT (IAAAP)$635.2M
MSM GROUP NORTH AMERICA INC.· Des Moines County, IA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 15, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026· W519TC25C0032
TCTS INCREMENT II (TCTS INC II)$401.2M
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.· Linn County, IA· Research & development· Mar 28, 2017 – Jan 28, 2026· N6134017C0007

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $30.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Iowa: $9,521 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $30.8B; −6.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,521; US $12,955
Loan face value: $927.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$13.1B43%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$6.2B20%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1.4B4.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.4B4.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1B3.3%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$645M2.1%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$468.2M1.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$403.6M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

IA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$7.3B24%
DES MOINES, IA
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$969.7M3.1%
AMES, IA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IOWA$598M1.9%
DES MOINES, IA
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$320.5M1.0%
DES MOINES, IA
IOWA HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$15.9B52%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$6.8B22%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.6B5.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$1B3.3%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

32.2BFY2021
27.7BFY2022
27.5BFY2023
29.3BFY2024
32.9BFY2025
30.8BFY2026

County aggregates

58%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Iowa, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Iowa
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa	United States
FY2017	$619	$1,436
FY2018	$687	$1,552
FY2019	$752	$1,654
FY2020	$880	$1,880
FY2021	$795	$1,810
FY2022	$850	$1,917
FY2023	$1,050	$2,079
FY2024	$935	$2,047
FY2025	$1,116	$2,165
FY2026	$509 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa	United States
FY2017	$41.01	$93.28
FY2018	$40.89	$105
FY2019	$42.15	$128
FY2020	$110	$145
FY2021	$88.07	$117
FY2022	$69.16

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa	United States
FY2021	$4,215	$5,748
FY2022	$3,781	$5,221
FY2023	$3,849	$5,364
FY2024	$4,085	$5,501
FY2025	$4,756	$5,732
FY2026	$3,798 (partial year)

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa	United States
FY2021	$282	$298
FY2022	$319	$357
FY2023	$312	$301
FY2024	$295	$319
FY2025	$386	$360
FY2026	$378 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa	United States
FY2021	$148	$239
FY2022	$117	$185
FY2023	$108	$229
FY2024	$101	$229
FY2025	$170	$249
FY2026	$81.09 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa	United States
FY2021	$2,020	$2,304
FY2022	$1,934	$2,197
FY2023	$1,914	$2,274
FY2024	$2,303	$2,267
FY2025	$2,429	$2,397
FY2026	$2,363 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,156	$1,186
FY2022	$276	$465
FY2023	$34.58	$76.52
FY2024	$101	$120
FY2025	$88.20	$148
FY2026	$57.72 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	1.3%	2.0%
2015	1.0%	2.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Iowa whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Allamakee County, IAContracts and grants · FY2024$1,995 (2.9×)
Bremer County, IAContracts and grants · FY2024$1,168 (3.8×)
Dickinson County, IATransportation grants · FY2024$780 (14×)
Clayton County, IAFederal contracts · FY2024$693 (4.4×)
Bremer County, IATransportation grants · FY2024$555 (11×)
Fayette County, IA

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/19

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

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Senate

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Counties of Iowa

All 99 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Iowa

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Iowa, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Iowa

By population.

All 1,026 cities and towns in Iowa

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/19

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	−5.3%	−4.2%
2015	−1.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+3.3%
2018	+5.8%	+6.8%
2019	+8.3%	+10.5%
2020	+16.4%	+19.4%
2021	+20.8%	+26.1%
2022	+27.7%	+30.6%
2023	+32.2%	+35.0%
2024	+36.6%	+41.0%
2025	+41.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	−3.4%	−5.5%
2015	−0.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+4.1%
2018	+6.8%	+8.9%
2019	+8.8%	+13.5%
2020	+15.3%	+20.8%
2021	+27.5%	+32.1%
2022	+34.0%	+35.4%
2023	+37.3%	+42.9%
2024	+42.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	3.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	−4.5%	−6.9%
2015	−2.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+4.7%
2018	+6.6%	+7.5%
2019	+9.7%	+14.0%
2020	+10.7%	+16.9%
2021	+16.5%	+21.0%
2022	+23.7%	+29.7%
2023	+27.2%	+34.9%
2024	+34.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	−8.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+32.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+44.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+48.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+60.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	4.3%	6.2%
2015	3.7%	5.3%
2016	3.6%	4.9%
2017	3.1%	4.4%
2018	2.6%	3.9%
2019	2.7%	3.7%
2020	5.2%	8.1%
2021	3.9%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.0%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	12.3%	15.5%
2015	12.1%	14.7%
2016	11.7%	14.0%
2017	10.8%	13.4%
2018	11.2%	13.1%
2019	11.0%	12.3%
2020	10.2%	11.9%
2021	11.0%	12.8%
2022	11.0%	12.6%
2023	11.1%	12.5%
2024	11.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	7.3%	13.5%
2015	5.9%	10.9%
2016	5.0%	10.0%
2017	5.5%	10.2%
2018	5.6%	10.4%
2019	5.7%	10.8%
2020	5.7%	10.4%
2021	5.8%	10.2%
2022	5.4%	9.5%
2023	5.9%	9.5%
2024	6.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Iowa	United States
2014	5.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.8/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined5

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Declined5

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