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Iowa

United States · GDP 2025
#31 of 51 US states by GDPbottom-quartile growth
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$277.1B
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
1,415,652
Employers
83,321
Avg. wage
$59.4k
Population
3,188,836

Iowa · GDP by county

BEA 2025 · hover or tap
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Counties

top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024
Polk$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

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Casey's General Stores, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$17.6B74B2Principal Financial Group, Inc.Financial Services$15.6B65B3F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.Financial Services$5.7B39D4HNI CorporationIndustrials$2.8B64C5Winnebago Industries, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.8B64C6United Fire Group, Inc.Financial Services$1.4B77B+7Workiva Inc.Technology$884.6M65B8Lee Enterprises, IncorporatedCommunication Services$562.3M59C9Flexsteel Industries, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$441.1M73B10Heartland Express, Inc.Industrials$58.1M53D11Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.Industrials$23.0M56C12Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$12.0M40D13Gooi Global, Inc.Financial Services$1.5M——14Red Oak Hereford Farms, Inc.Consumer Defensive$0——15CybeRecord, Inc.Technology———16Hills BancorporationFinancial Services———17WCF Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———18West Bancorporation, Inc.Financial Services———19Ames National CorporationFinancial Services———20American Power Group CorporationIndustrials———

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
$225.1B
2021
$244.2B
2022
$253.2B
2023
$265.8B
2024
$277.1B
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

60 filings from 13 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KArt's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.07-10
8-KLee Enterprises, Incorporated07-10
8-KArt's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.06-29
8-KF&G Annuities & Life, Inc.06-25
8-KCasey's General Stores, Inc.06-24
10-KCasey's General Stores, Inc.06-22
8-KHeartland Express, Inc.06-17
8-KF&G Annuities & Life, Inc.06-16
8-KHNI Corporation06-10
8-KCasey's General Stores, Inc.06-09
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US states
nearest by GDP
Oklahoma$274.4BNevada$281.5BKentucky$306.9BKansas$241.4BUtah$316.0BLouisiana$340.1B
The read

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.
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