Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Iowa instead of Guam, you would:

Economy

be 39.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Iowa, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Iowa is 13.5% cheaper than Guam overall
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Guam is about 266 times smaller than Iowa.
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