Iowa Economic Trends

Access data and analysis for common statewide indicators of the condition of the Iowa economy.

Economic Indicator Descriptions - Brief description of the indicators available on this webpage.

Consolidated Comments - Current analysis for the 13 indicators in a single document.

Select the Indicator Data title below to access indicator data in Excel format.

Frequency	Indicator Data	Most Recent Data Released	Next Release from Source
Annual	Iowa Population Iowa population since 1900 and population change components since 2010	07/02/2021	March 2023
Monthly	Farm Commodity Prices — Corn and Soybean Prices Price of corn and soybeans	01/31/2023	2/28/2023
Monthly	Unemployment Claims Number of Iowa unemployment claims in a month	01/24/2023	2/28/2023
Monthly	Iowa Housing Permits Number of housing building permits issued in Iowa	01/26/2023	2/24/2023
Monthly	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia State Coincident Index State coincident economic indicator produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia	01/27/2023	3/29/2023
Monthly	Department of Revenue — Iowa Leading Indicators Index Indicator of the Iowa economy immediate future	02/02/2023	March 2023
Quarterly	Iowa House Price Index Index of Iowa housing values - All transaction price index	12/16/2022	2/28/2023
Annual	Iowa Gross Domestic Product (State GDP) Iowa GDP - The value of all goods and services produced in the state	03/31/2022	3/31/2023
Quarterly	Iowa Personal Income and Wage/Salary Income State personal income and wage and salary income quarterly estimates	12/28/2022	3/31/2023
Monthly	Iowa New Vehicle Registrations Number of new vehicles registered in Iowa each month	02/17/2023	March 2023