Unemployment Rate in Wapello County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.3%
Rank #1,485/3,222 · #81 in IA
54th
Wapello 4.3%
IA 3.6% +19.7%
US 5.3% -19.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Wapello County's unemployment rate of 4.3% 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 Wapello County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,482 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | 4.3% |
| #1,483 | Buncombe County, NC | 4.3% |
| #1,484 | Uvalde County, TX | 4.3% |
| #1,485 | Wapello County, IA | 4.3% |
| #1,486 | Coos County, NH | 4.3% |
| #1,487 | Marshall County, IA | 4.3% |
| #1,488 | Delta County, TX | 4.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Wapello County, Iowa has a unemployment rate of 4.3%, ranking #1,485 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 19.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Iowa, it ranks #81 of 99. This places it in the 54th 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.