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    Iowa

    Midwest
    #29 of 51 states · IEPA 2025
    55.9▲ +2 YoY
    ●●●0.97IEPA COMPOSITE

    Iowa scores 55.9 out of 100 on the IEPA US state layer (2025 edition), ranking #29 of 51 US states. That is up 2.0 points on the year before. Its strongest zone is Resilience at 84.6. Its binding constraint, the lowest-scoring of its six zones, is Innovation Capacity at 31.0. How the IEPA works →

    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2019–2025
    20192020202120222023202420253642485460
    TRADE · TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS (US$)
    20192020202120222023$0$5.0B$10.0B$15.0B$20.0B
    Goods exports · annual, US$
    STANDING
    National rank: #29 of 51
    US region: Midwest
    Indices scored: 12
    Scored within the 50 states + DC across the same six zones. Expand any factor for the indices behind the number.
    PEERS · MIDWEST
    NENebraska56.7→KSKansas55.1→MOMissouri58.0→OHOhio53.4→SDSouth Dakota52.6→

    Iowa: common questions

    What is Iowa's IEPA score?
    Iowa scores 55.9 out of 100 on the IEPA US state layer, 2025 edition, which ranks it #29 of 51 US states.
    What is Iowa's strongest zone?
    Resilience, at 84.6. The six zones are scored separately, so a market's strengths stay visible instead of being averaged away.
    What is holding Iowa back?
    Its binding constraint is Innovation Capacity, at 31.0, the lowest of its six zones. The IEPA reports every zone separately so the constraint stays visible instead of being averaged into the composite.
    How does Iowa compare with its peers?
    The closest scored peers are Nebraska (56.7), Kansas (55.1), Missouri (58.0), Ohio (53.4), South Dakota (52.6).
    What is the IEPA?
    The Innovation Ecosystem Prosperity Assessment (IEPA) scores economies across six zones: innovation capacity, entrepreneurship capacity, resilience, alignment, the FDI accelerator, and prosperity outcomes. Every score carries a confidence band and traces to the evidence behind it.
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