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Economic Development
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Location One Information System (LOIS)
| Demographics, employers, labor force, transportation,
taxation, utilities, quality of life, and available office and
industrial space for Iowa communities. http://www.iowalifechanging.com/toolbox/lois.aspx |
State Library of Iowa - State Data Center Program
Demographic Profiles
County Business Patterns
Iowa Workforce Development
Labor Force Data
| Size of labor force and current unemployment
rates for all Iowa counties and selected incorporated places.
http://www.iowaworkforce.org/lmi/laborforce/ |
Iowa Wage Surveys
| Wages by occupation for all Iowa counties. http://iwin.iwd.state.ia.us/iowa/OlmisZine?zineid=00000012 |
Laborshed Surveys
| Local labor market studies including distribution
of workers, underemployment, the availability and willingness
of current and prospective employees to change employement within
the workforce, current and desired occupations, wages, hours worked
and distance willing to commute to work. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/lmi/labsur/ |
Regional Economics & Community Anaylsis Program
| RECAP provides data and research on local economic, demographic and social trends. http://www.seta.iastate.edu |