Keokuk County, IA
Demographic and economic profile of Keokuk County, IA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Keokuk County is a small, predominantly rural Iowa county with a labor force shaped by high school-educated workers (94.3% HS or higher, but only 15.9% with a bachelor's degree) and a median worker earnings figure of $40,355 against a median household income of $62,329. The county's 9,964 residents face low housing costs—median home value of $112,200 and median rent of $822/month—alongside an 81.3% homeownership rate, though labor force participation sits at just 59.5% and the population has contracted 2.3% over the past five years. Unemployment stands at 3.6%, the poverty rate is 12.0%, and GDP per capita of $32,875 tracks closely with per capita income of $33,181, reflecting a modest, stable local economy with limited workforce growth signals.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-2.3% since 2018
Keokuk County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone9,453 (95.3%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races268 (2.7%)
- Some Other Race Alone97 (1.0%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race51 (0.5%)
- Black or African American Alone26 (0.3%)
- Asian Alone20 (0.2%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.German or other West Germanic115
- 2.Spanish95
- 3.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)11
- 4.Arabic4
- 5.Other Indo-European1
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,146
- 2.Manufacturing (Group)624
- 3.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining544
- 4.Retail Trade (Group)524
- 5.Construction (Group)394
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,555
- 2.Sales & Office Occupations937
- 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations815
- 4.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations702
- 5.Service Occupations609
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.