Unemployment Rate in Story County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.8%
Rank #1,844/3,222 · #89 in IA
43th
Story 4.8%
IA 3.6% +33.0%
US 5.3% -10.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Story County's unemployment rate of 4.8% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Story County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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% |
About Unemployment Rate
Story County, Iowa has a unemployment rate of 4.8%, ranking #1,844 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Iowa, it ranks #89 of 99. This places it in the 43th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.