Area Profiles

Iowa Workforce Development Metropolitan and Local Workforce Development Area Profiles

Local Workforce Development Area and Metropolitan Profiles are created using Iowa Workforce Development, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and U.S. Census Bureau data. Each report includes year-over-year comparisons by industry and employment, projections, job outlooks, unemployment statistics and other workforce related information.

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Note: All reports are PDF files.

Metro Area Profiles can be found below.

Select AreaAmes Metropolitan Statistical AreaCedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical AreaDavenport Metropolitan Statistical AreaDes Moines Metropolitan Statistical AreaDubuque Metropolitan Statistical AreaIowa City Metropolitan Statistical AreaOmaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Statistical AreaSioux City Metropolitan Statistical AreaWaterloo Metropolitan Statistical Area

Local Workforce Development Area Profiles  can be selected from the dropdown below or by clicking on the desired area on the map.

For convenience purposes reports are listed by county in the drop-down menu below, however, the content of the reports reflect data by local workforce development areas (LWDA).

Select AreaAdair CountyAdams CountyAllamakee CountyAppanoose CountyAudubon CountyBenton CountyBlack Hawk CountyBoone CountyBremer CountyBuchanan CountyBuena Vista CountyButler CountyCalhoun CountyCarroll CountyCass CountyCedar CountyCerro Gordo CountyCherokee CountyChickasaw CountyClarke CountyClay CountyClayton CountyClinton CountyCrawford CountyDallas CountyDavis CountyDecatur CountyDelaware CountyDes Moines CountyDickinson CountyDubuque CountyEmmet CountyFayette CountyFloyd CountyFranklin CountyFremont CountyGreene CountyGrundy CountyGuthrie CountyHamilton CountyHancock CountyHardin CountyHarrison CountyHenry CountyHoward CountyHumboldt CountyIda CountyIowa CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyJefferson CountyJohnson CountyJones CountyKeokuk CountyKossuth CountyLee CountyLinn CountyLouisa CountyLucas CountyLyon CountyMadison CountyMahaska CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMills CountyMitchell CountyMonona CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyMuscatine CountyO'Brien CountyOsceola CountyPage CountyPalo Alto CountyPlymouth CountyPocahontas CountyPolk CountyPottawattamie CountyPoweshiek CountyRinggold CountySac CountyScott CountyShelby CountySioux CountyStory CountyTama CountyTaylor CountyUnion CountyVan Buren CountyWapello CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWinnebago CountyWinneshiek CountyWoodbury CountyWorth CountyWright County

Profile reports can also be viewed by clicking on a local workforce development area (LWDA) in the map below.

 

Related Area Profile Links/Resources:

• Quarterly Employment & Wages (QCEW)
• Employer Database
• Unemployment Rate & Labor Force (LAUS)
• OntheMap
• Career Exploration Resources