# Boone County, Iowa: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Boone, Madrid and Ogden The data center boom is not abstract in Boone County: it is on the ground here. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Boone County. Boone County is home to Boone, Madrid and Ogden. The Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure here (1 in force); the latest is “Moratorium on new data center projects for up to one year”. Construction employs 652, down 1.7% since 2019, and construction is 1.4 times as concentrated here as in the U.S. economy. 1 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. 1 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map 1.4× the U.S. share of jobs in construction 348 MW of operating power plants, mostly wind ## Cities and towns in Boone County Boone County is home to Boone, Madrid and Ogden. Boone12,471 residents Madrid2,820 residents Ogden1,975 residents Woodward342 residents · 24% of the city Boxholm177 residents Pilot Mound155 residents Luther146 residents Fraser107 residents - Woodward also extends into [Dallas County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/dallas-county). Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Boone County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Iowa | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 26,705 | 26,799 | ▲ 0.4% | 23rd of 99 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 9,037 | 8,838 | ▼ 2.2% | 52nd of 99 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $41,748 | $54,858 | ▲ 31.4% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 663 | 652 | ▼ 1.7% | 58th of 81 by growth | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 2.4% | 3.1% | ▲ 0.7pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 1 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Its power plants have 348 MW of capacity, 99% of it wind. Unemployment was 3.1% in August 2026, against 2.4% in 2019. Employers here counted 8,838 jobs in 2025, down 2.2% from 2019. Interstate Power and Light Co is the largest utility serving Boone County, one of 4 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 17.90¢/kWh in 2024, above the 13.77¢ median for Iowa utilities. 26,799 people live here, up 0.4% since 2020. ## Who powers Boone County ### Utilities with service territory in Boone County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Interstate Power and Light Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 417,153 | 17.90¢ | 29% | | Midland Power Coop | Cooperative | Bundled | 11,939 | 13.60¢ | 12% | | City of Ogden - (IA) | — | — | — | — | — | | City of Story City - (IA) | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Wind | 343 MW | 99% | | Petroleum | 4 MW | 1% | | Solar | 1 MW | 0% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Beaver Creek Wind | MidAmerican Energy Co | Wind | 340 MW | 2017 | | Ogden | City of Ogden - (IA) | Petroleum | 4 MW | 1951 | | Michelangelo Wind 4 LLC | Novis Renewables, LLC | Wind | 3 MW | 2016 | | Fareway Customer Hosted 1 MW Solar | Interstate Power and Light Co | Solar | 1 MW | 2024 | ## The Boone County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 8,838 | $54,858 | 1.00 | | Construction | 652 | $72,735 | 1.39 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Boone County 1 data center in Boone County is on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ### Local measures | Measure | Status | Date | |---|---|---| | Moratorium on new data center projects for up to one year | In force | 2026-09 | ## Boone County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Boone County, Polk County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Boone County | 26,799 | ▼ 2.2% | 348 MW | — | 1 | 1 | | Dallas County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/dallas-county) | 118,457 | ▲ 21.3% | 1 MW | — | 9 | — | | Greene County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/greene-county) | 8,658 | ▼ 6.1% | 74 MW | — | — | — | | Hamilton County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/hamilton-county) | 14,944 | ▼ 0.5% | 452 MW | — | — | — | | Polk County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/polk-county) | 516,546 | ▲ 3.9% | 1,066 MW | — | 30 | — | | Story County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/story-county) | 101,291 | ▲ 1.8% | 431 MW | — | — | — | | Webster County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/webster-county) | 36,838 | ▼ 4.9% | 380 MW | — | — | — | ## More of Iowa [All Iowa countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa)[Polk County516,546 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/polk-county)[Dallas County118,457 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/dallas-county)[Story County101,291 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/story-county)[Webster County36,838 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/webster-county)[Hamilton County14,944 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/hamilton-county) ## Boone County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Boone County, Iowa? 4 utilities have service territory in Boone County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Interstate Power and Light Co, Midland Power Coop, City of Ogden - (IA), City of Story City - (IA). The largest, Interstate Power and Light Co, charged residential customers 17.90¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Boone, IA in? Boone is in Boone County, Iowa. About 12,471 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Boone County? 4 operating plants with 348 MW of capacity. The largest is Beaver Creek Wind (340 MW, wind). ### Are there data centers in Boone County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Boone County. ### Is Boone County adding jobs? Employers counted 8,838 jobs in 2025 against 9,037 in 2019 (-2.2%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 663 to 652. ### Does Boone County have a data center moratorium? The SAVRN Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure for Boone County, 1 in force. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/boone-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).