Unemployment Rate in Union County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.0%
Rank #1,335/3,222 · #77 in IA
59th
Union 4.0%
IA 3.6% +12.5%
US 5.3% -24.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Union County's unemployment rate of 4.0% 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 Union County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,332 | Henry County, VA | 4.0% |
| #1,333 | Denton County, TX | 4.0% |
| #1,334 | Otsego County, MI | 4.0% |
| #1,335 | Union County, IA | 4.0% |
| #1,336 | Abbeville County, SC | 4.0% |
| #1,337 | White Pine County, NV | 4.0% |
| #1,338 | Irwin County, GA | 4.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Union County, Iowa has a unemployment rate of 4.0%, ranking #1,335 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 24.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Iowa, it ranks #77 of 99. This places it in the 59th 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.