Iowa’s budget increased cumulatively more than pop+inf in state funds and all funds from 2014-23, meaning taxes are higher than the average taxpayer can afford.
- The 2023 state funds budget is $2.6 billion higher than it would have had spending grown at the rate of population growth plus inflation over the past decade.
- Because the state funds budget grew faster than population growth plus inflation for the last ten years, the state spent and taxed $20.4 billion too much.
- The 2023 all funds budget is $6.1 billion higher than it would have been had spending grown at the rate of population growth plus inflation over the past decade.
- Because the all funds budget grew faster than population growth plus inflation over the past decade, the state spent and taxed $35.8 billion too much.
State Funds Budget Data
- Estimated FY 2024 Only State Funds Budget ($ Billions): $19.70
- FY 2025 Only State Funds Budget Limit ($ Billions): $20.79
- FY 2025 Only State Funds Budget Limit Growth ($ Billions): 5.53%
- Cost per person of state funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2023 budget: $823
- Cost per family of 4 of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2023 budget: $3,293
- Cumulative cost per person of state funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade from 2014-23: $6,361
- Cumulative cost per family of 4 of state funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade from 2014-23: $25,443
State All Funds Budget Data
- Estimated FY 2024 All Funds Budget ($ Billions): $30.68
- FY 2025 All Funds Budget Limit ($ Billions): $32.37
- FY 2025 All Funds Budget Limit Growth ($ Billions): 5.53%
- Cost per person of all funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2023 budget: $1,905
- Cost per family of 4 of all funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2023 budget: $7,621
- Cumulative cost per person of all funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade from 2014-23: $11,149
- Cumulative cost per family of 4 of all funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade from 2014-23: $44,598
Other Considerations
- Economic Freedom of North America (2021) (Rank): 27 [Fraser Institute]
- Economic Freedom (2022) (Rank): 31 [Cato Institute]
- Fiscal Policy (2022) (Rank): 43 [Cato Institute]
- Regulatory Policy (2022) (Rank): 2 [Cato Institute]
- State Tax Collections Per Capita (FY2021) ($): $3,701 [Tax Foundation]
- State Tax Collections Per Capita (FY2021) (Rank): 24 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Total Tax Burden per Capita (2022) ($): $6,086 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Tax Burden per Capita (2022) (%): 11.20% [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Tax Burden per Capita (2022) (Rank): 34 [Tax Foundation]
- Top Income Tax Rate (2024) (%): 5.70% [Tax Foundation]
- Top Income Tax Rate (2024) (Rank): 28 [Tax Foundation]
- Flat/Progressive/Zero Income Tax (2024): P [Tax Foundation]
- Overall State Business Tax Climate Index (2024)(Rank): 33 [Tax Foundation]
- Top Corporate Income Tax Rate (2024) (%): 7.10% [Tax Foundation]
- Top Corporate Income Tax Rate (2024) (Rank): 33 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Sales Tax Rate (2024) (%): 6.94% [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Sales Tax Rate (2024) (Rank): 22 [Tax Foundation]
- Property Taxes Paid as a Percentage of Owner-Occupied Housing Value (2021) (%): 1.52% [Tax Foundation]
- Property Taxes Paid as a Percentage of Owner-Occupied Housing Value (2021) (Rank): 10 [Tax Foundation]
- Economic Outlook (2024) (Rank): 34 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Economic Performance Rankings, 2012-2022 (2024) (Rank): 36 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Tax and Expenditure Limit (Rank): 32 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Right-to-Work Law (2022) (Y/N): Y [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- State-Local Spending per Capita (2022) ($): $14,159 [US Government Spending]
- State-Local Spending per Capita (2022) (Rank): 36 [US Government Spending]
- Official Poverty Rate (2021-23) (%): 9 [Census Bureau]
- Official Poverty Rate (2021-23) (Rank): 19 [Census Bureau]
- Supplemental Poverty Rate (2021-23) (%): 6.5 [Census Bureau]
- Labor Force Participation Rate (Dec 2023) (%): 67.70% [Bureau of Labor Statistics]
- Labor Force Participation Rate (Dec 2023) (Rank): 6 [Bureau of Labor Statistics]