Cherokee County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cherokee County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Cherokee County economy

2.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.4% the month before
6,459
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
11,587
people in Cherokee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,478
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cherokee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Cherokee County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cherokee County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Iowa Plains Local Workforce Development Area
Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Harrison, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, O'Brien, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, Union, Webster, Woodbury, Wright

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Laid off or looking for work in Cherokee County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Iowa’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.