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

Economy

be 64.2% more likely to be unemployed

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

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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
Guam is 36.5% more expensive than Iowa
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Size Comparison · See true size
Iowa is about 266 times bigger than Guam.
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Guam: At a glance

Guam is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 544 sq km. Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installations on the island are some of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
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