Scores by category

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

Safety69#946/3,096
Economy81#587/3,143
Housing60#1,260/3,140
Health93#225/3,144
Healthcare93#223/3,143
Environment76#738/3,108
Education87#419/3,144
Infrastructure94#185/3,144
Community84#497/3,144
Leisure & amenities77#711/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Mammography screening · high60.0%
97/100Iowa 57.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Flu vaccinations · high54.0%
96/100Iowa 51.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · low6.8 /100k
95/100Iowa 9.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.4%
95/100Iowa 6.4%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Traffic deaths · low6.9 /100k
93/100Iowa 11.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Average commute time · low16.7 min
93/100Iowa 19.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high6,707 /100k
1/100Iowa 2,368 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · low8.2 /1k
13/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Effective property tax rate · high1.15%
20/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Distance to an Amtrak station · high91 mi
24/100Iowa 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Time spent in the emergency room · high167 min
28/100Iowa 128 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Job growth · low-1.5%
29/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
47% (2021) → 5% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−42 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
67.3% (2010 & 2021) → 82.6% (2022 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
17.2 /100k (2021) → 6.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−60%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$55,066 (2019) → $76,026 (2024)
+38%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.5% (2015-2019) → 90.0% (2020-2024)
+7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Suicide rateImproving
22.3 /100k (2021) → 14.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−36%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k

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, Dubuque County, Iowa improved on 7 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 21 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Real income+38%$55,066 → $76,026
Household income+29%$62,481 → $80,355
Unemployment−2.5 points6.0% → 3.5%
Bachelor's++2.6 points30.8% → 33.4%
Property crime−31%1,483 /100k → 1,025 /100k

Declined2

New businesses−13%9.3 /1k → 8.2 /1k
Price / income+0.4×2.6× → 3.1×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Dubuque County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.1 /10k2020	5.5 /10k2025	−9.9%	Within the margin of error	21%
Average commute time	16.7 min2015-2019	16.7 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Average weekly wage	$9682020	$1,1642025	+20%	Improved	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%2015-2019	33.4%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	48%
Broadband subscriptions	82.5%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Improved	27%
Child poverty rate	11.4%2019	12.7%2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Distance to an airport	64 mi2020	64 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.1 /100k2020	6.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−33%	Within the margin of error	56%
Effective property tax rate	1.35%2015-2019	1.15%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	75%
Firearm deaths	8.6 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+41%	Within the margin of error	10%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	26%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	24%
High school diploma or higher	92.7%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	47%
Homicide rate	1.9 /100k2020	2.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+42%	Within the margin of error	5%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,0662019	$76,0262024	+38%	Improved	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4482015-2019	0.4432020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	63%
Median household income	$62,4812019	$80,3552024	+29%	Improved	69%
New business applications	9.3 /1k2020	8.2 /1k2025	−13%	Declined	4%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−0.1%	Within the margin of error	68%
Poverty rate	10.7%2019	11.0%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Property crime rate	1,483 /100k2020	1,025 /100k2025	−31%	Improved	42%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−1.6%	Within the margin of error	46%
Public transit commuters	1.0%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent as share of income	26.4%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Rent-burdened households	43.6%2015-2019	45.8%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Restaurants and bars	10.3 /10k2020	9.7 /10k2025	−5.9%	Within the margin of error	33%
Students per teacher	13.6×2019	13.3×2024	−0.3×	Little change	34%
Suicide rate	12.1 /100k2020	14.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Within the margin of error	24%
Traffic deaths	6.6 /100k2015-2019	6.9 /100k2020-2024	+4.2%	Within the margin of error	50%
Unemployment rate	6.0%2020	3.5%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	49%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.9%2019	5.4%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Violent crime rate	293 /100k2020	274 /100k2025	−6.5%	Within the margin of error	39%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Dubuque County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dubuque County, 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, Dubuque County, Iowa itself moved −4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

99,030 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 men (−0.8 points).

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

Race and Hispanic origin

99,030 residents

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

White88%87,398
Black2.9%2,890
Hispanic or Latino3.3%3,234

Education

67,015 residents (±202)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

No high school diploma6.1%4,078
High school or GED32%21,491
Some college18%11,894

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

40,989 households (±363)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k14%5,552
$25k–50k18%7,425
$50k–75k16%6,729
$75k–100k14%5,834
$100k–150k20%8,266
$150k–200k9.1%3,737
$200k or more8.4%3,446

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−4.7 points).

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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

40,989 households (±363)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own73%30,062
Rent27%10,927

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Rent paid

10,349 households (±490)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $75026%2,656
$750–1,00029%3,033
$1,000–1,50033%3,424

Home values

30,062 homes (±495)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $150k21%6,216
$150k–250k34%10,123
$250k–400k28%8,553

Age of homes

43,288 homes (±88)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

2010 or later11%4,655
2000–200911%4,846
1980–199915%6,667

Size of homes

43,288 homes (±88)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

Studio2.3%†979
1 bedroom8.0%3,472
2 bedrooms23%9,932

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

50,370 workers (±905)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone79%39,626
Carpool5.2%2,640
Public transit0.8%†382
Walk2.3%1,173
Bike0.2%†95
Work from home12%6,025
Other0.9%†429

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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

Time to get to work

44,345 workers (±971)

Dubuque County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under 15 min52%23,063
15–29 min35%15,463
30–44 min8.6%3,832

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 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Dubuque, IA

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.

Dubuque County has 2,804 employer establishments, 283 for every 10,000 residents (1.14× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Iowa's), with 56,357 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,436. The Census Bureau also counts 7,122 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,804; 7,122 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 283; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 56,357
Average annual pay: $55,436; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	212	21.4	1.03×About typical	2,946	$75,451	234
Specialty trade contractors	198	20	1.29×More than typical	1,336	$72,972	539
Restaurants and other eating places	165	16.7	0.91×About typical	3,190	$18,972	23
Lessors of real estate	106	10.7	0.87×About typical	277	$39,823	945
Offices of other health practitioners	99	10	1.65×More than typical	465	$43,316	134
Construction of buildings	87	8.8	1.16×About typical	690	$73,459	244
Truck transportation	86	8.7	1.72×More than typical	3,366	$69,139	162
Services to buildings and dwellings	83	8.4	1.24×About typical	372	$37,919	383
Automotive repair and maintenance	79	8	1.59×More than typical	486	$36,733	71
Full-service restaurants	71	7.2	0.93×About typical	1,388	$19,284	7
Insurance agencies and brokerages	69	7	1.59×More than typical	2,336	$82,844	173
Building equipment contractors	66	6.7	1.11×About typical	729	$68,908	70

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $535K on contracts performed in Dubuque County, Iowa: $5.38 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $535K; −69% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.38; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 27%; 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 Army$378.2K71%
Agricultural Research Service$120.5K

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 $746.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Dubuque County, Iowa: $7,508 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $746.2M; −4.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,508; US $12,955
Loan face value: $9.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$427.4M57%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$105.1M14%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$41.4M5.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$38M5.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$33.8M4.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$15.6M2.1%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$13.1M1.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11.9M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$18.6M2.5%
AMES, IA
EASTERN IOWA REGIONAL HOUSING CORP$8.5M1.1%
DUBUQUE, IA
CITY OF DUBUQUE HOUSING DIVISION$8.1M1.1%
DUBUQUE, IA
CITY OF DUBUQUE$7.7M1.0%
DUBUQUE, IA
UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE$3.5M

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$514.5M69%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$106.3M14%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$43.6M5.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$18.6M2.5%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

704.6MFY2021
635.3MFY2022
653MFY2023
700.6MFY2024
778.7MFY2025
746.2MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

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.

How Dubuque County, Iowa compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Dubuque County, Iowa
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dubuque County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$129	$1,436
FY2018	$19.65	$1,552
FY2019	$23.10	$1,654
FY2020	$49.63	$1,880
FY2021	$34.75	$1,810
FY2022	$16.21	$1,917
FY2023	$43.52	$2,079
FY2024	$60.87	$2,047
FY2025	$17.42	$2,165
FY2026	$5.38 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dubuque County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$110	$93.28
FY2018	$10.11	$105
FY2019	$4.66	$128
FY2020	$22.98	$145
FY2021	$9.13	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dubuque County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$819	$5,748
FY2022	$389	$5,221
FY2023	$280	$5,364
FY2024	$551	$5,501
FY2025	$461	$5,732
FY2026	$321

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dubuque County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$374	$298
FY2022	$221	$357
FY2023	$78.44	$301
FY2024	$214	$319
FY2025	$218	$360
FY2026	$264

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dubuque County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$234	$239
FY2022	$273	$185
FY2023	$210	$229
FY2024	$325	$229
FY2025	$292	$249
FY2026	$192

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dubuque County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$59.14	$2,304
FY2022	$19.01	$2,197
FY2023	$30.06	$2,274
FY2024	$27.21	$2,267
FY2025	$53.44	$2,397
FY2026	$39.55

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dubuque County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,276	$1,186
FY2022	$224	$465
FY2023	-$8.82	$76.52
FY2024	$26.59	$120
FY2025	$36.46	$148
FY2026	$17.95

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.

Dubuque County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Dubuque County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	1.0%	2.0%
2015	1.7%

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/19061

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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.

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

House

Ashley HinsonR-IA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.5%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Dubuque County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Dubuque, IA96Central county

Cities and towns in Dubuque County

Places whose residents live mostly in Dubuque County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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
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Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	−3.4%	−4.2%
2015	−0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+6.4%	+6.8%
2019	+10.4%	+10.5%
2020	+17.6%	+19.4%
2021	+23.2%	+26.1%
2022	+29.5%	+30.6%
2023	+33.9%	+35.0%
2024	+37.1%	+41.0%
2025	+41.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	−5.2%	−5.5%
2015	−1.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+4.1%
2018	+8.7%	+8.9%
2019	+11.2%	+13.5%
2020	+18.9%	+20.8%
2021	+30.4%	+32.1%
2022	+36.6%	+35.4%
2023	+42.8%	+42.9%
2024	+49.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	2.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	−6.9%	−6.9%
2015	−2.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.7%
2018	+1.6%	+7.5%
2019	+5.2%	+14.0%
2020	+11.1%	+16.9%
2021	+24.5%	+21.0%
2022	+23.7%	+29.7%
2023	+22.5%	+34.9%
2024	+35.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	11.5%	15.5%
2015	12.0%	14.7%
2016	10.5%	14.0%
2017	9.8%	13.4%
2018	11.3%	13.1%
2019	10.7%	12.3%
2020	8.9%	11.9%
2021	8.1%	12.8%
2022	10.6%	12.6%
2023	9.6%	12.5%
2024	11.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	4.1%	6.2%
2015	3.6%	5.3%
2016	3.7%	4.9%
2017	3.1%	4.4%
2018	2.6%	3.9%
2019	2.7%	3.7%
2020	6.0%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	3.0%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	−5.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+31.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+43.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+47.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+64.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	6.1%	13.5%
2015	4.7%	10.9%
2016	4.1%	10.0%
2017	4.3%	10.2%
2018	4.5%	10.4%
2019	4.9%	10.8%
2020	4.7%	10.4%
2021	4.8%	10.2%
2022	4.6%	9.5%
2023	4.3%	9.5%
2024	5.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Dubuque County, Iowa	United States
2014	4.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.2/1k	16.6/1k

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