State profile
Iowa
United States · GDP 2025
#31 of 51 US states by GDPbottom-quartile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$277.1B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
1,415,652
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
83,321
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,188,836
Census PEP · 2022
Iowa · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Polk$63.8BLinn$21.9BScott$13.3BJohnson$12.6BDallas$11.1BBlack Hawk$10.0BDubuque$9.2BStory$7.8BWoodbury$7.0BPottawattamie$6.3BSioux$3.9BCerro Gordo$3.7BMuscatine$3.2BClinton$3.0BDes Moines$2.9BMarion$2.9BWebster$2.8BMarshall$2.3BLee$2.3BWapello$2.2BPlymouth$2.0BBuena Vista$1.9BWarren$1.9BWashington$1.9B
See all counties in Iowa →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Casey's General Stores, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$17.6B74B2Principal Financial Group, Inc.Financial Services$15.6B65B3F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.Financial Services$5.7B40D4HNI CorporationConsumer Cyclical$2.8B64C5Winnebago Industries, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.8B64C6United Fire Group, Inc.Financial Services$1.4B77B+7Workiva Inc.Technology$884.6M65B8Lee Enterprises, IncorporatedCommunication Services$562.3M60C9Flexsteel Industries, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$441.1M74B10Heartland Express, Inc.Industrials$58.1M53D11Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.Industrials$23.0M57C12Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$12.0M39D13Gooi Global, Inc.Financial Services$1.5M——14Red Oak Hereford Farms, Inc.Consumer Defensive$0——15CybeRecord, Inc.Technology———16Ames National CorporationFinancial Services———17Hills BancorporationFinancial Services———18American Power Group CorporationIndustrials———19WCF Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———20West Bancorporation, Inc.Financial Services———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing24%
Health care24%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation13%
Finance & insurance10%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$225.1B2021
$244.2B2022
$253.2B2023
$265.8B2024
$277.1B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR16 filings from 7 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Iowa?
Iowa's economy produced $277.1B in 2025, growing 4.3% year over year — slower than 78% of US states. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.