Your Place for Success
Why Create your Successful Business in Hancock County, Iowa?
IOWA RATED#1 BEST STATE
BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

Iowa is the 3rd best-run state
in the nation
NO PROPERTY TAX
On manufacturing machinery, equipment or computers in IA
Iowa is 8th
lowest cost of doing business
IA 8th | IL 29th | NY 44th |
NE 15th | KS 30th | CA 49th |
$13.1 BILLION
WORTH OF MANUFACTURED AND VALUE-ADDED GOODS EXPORTED BY IOWA IN 2015
$19.35%
lower industrial electricity rates than the national average
11%
BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WORKERS COMPENSATION PREMIUM
View or download the 2019 Economic Overview, here .
How do we compare?
Agriculture
#1 Producer of eggs, corn, soybeans, and pork
USDA, 2017
#1 Highest Concentration of Agricultural Feedstock and Chemical Employment
BLS, 2015

Manufacturing & Technology
#2 IN THE NATION FOR PERCENTAGE OF STATE GDP FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY
BEA, 2016
$28.062B CONTRIBUTION FROM IOWA'S LARGEST INDUSTRY SECTOR - ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
BEA, 2016
Bioscience
#1 PRODUCER OF ETHANOL
USDA, 2016
#1 MOST PLANT AND SOIL SCIENTISTS OF ANY STATE
BLS, 2015
#1 HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF AGRICULTURAL FEEDSTOCK AND CHEMICAL EMPLOYMENT
BLS, 2015
Exports
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Machinery
$2.29 Billion
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Vehicles, Not Railway
$1.42 Billion
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Meat
$1.37 Billion
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Cereals
$1.19 Billion
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Food Waste; Animal Feed
$1.10 Billion
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Chemical Products
$633 Million

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Electrical Machinery
$547 Million
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Grain, Seed, and Fruit
$426 Million
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Iron / Steel Products
$193 Million
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Iron and Steel
$177 Million
U.S. Census Bureau, 2015
Engineering
Iowa State University-Record enrollment of 9,669 engineering students (fall 2017) – undergraduate enrollment ranks 7th largest in the country.
University of Iowa- 2482 enrollment of total engineering students (fall 2017)
#1 in Wind Energy
35%+ STATEWIDE ELECTRICITY GENERATION IS FROM WIND
EIA, 2016
$4.6 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL WIND CAPACITY PLANNED BY THE STATE'S UTILITIES
MidAmerican Energy, Alliant Energy
19.35% LOWER INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICITY RATES THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
EIA, 2016