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	01/07/2020	Dec. 2020
Monthly	Unemployment Claims Number of Iowa unemployment claims in a month	04/28/2020	May 2020
Annual	Iowa Gross Domestic Product (State GDP) Iowa GDP - The value of all goods and services produced in the state	07/05/2019	May 2020
Monthly	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia State Coincident Index State coincident economic indicator produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia	07/01/2020	07/22/2020
Monthly	Iowa Nonfarm Employment Monthly employment numbers through the nonfarm series.	06/23/2020	07/17/2020
Monthly	Employment-Population Ratio Working Iowans as a % of population age 16 and older.	06/23/2020	07/17/2020
Monthly	Iowa Housing Permits Number and value of housing building permits issued in Iowa	06/23/2020	07/24/2020
Quarterly	Iowa House Price Index Index of Iowa housing values - All transaction price index	05/27/2020	08/25/20
Monthly	Iowa Employment — Household Survey Number of Iowans working or looking for work.	06/25/2020	07/14/2020
Monthly	Farm Commodity Prices — Corn and Soybean Prices Price of corn and soybeans	07/01/2020	07/31/2020
Monthly	Department of Revenue — Iowa Leading Indicators Index Indicator of the Iowa economy immediate future	07/01/2020	08/03/2020