With the highest possible credit rating from both Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and Standard & Poor’s, as well as a stable outlook, Iowa is one of the best-run states in the country, coming in at No. 3 in an annual ranking by 24/7 Wall St. To determine how well states are managed, 24/7 Wall St. examined key financial ratios, as well as social and economic outcomes. Competent management has likely led to many of the positive outcomes in Iowa, attributing to its high ranking. Additionally, more than 92 percent of adults in the Hawkeye State have graduated from high school, a higher share than in all but a handful of other states. Also, Iowa’s unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the country. As of October, only five states had a lower unemployment rate than Iowa.