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Iowa (/ˈaɪ.əwə/ ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) is a landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.
Iowa is the 26th largest in total area and the 31st most populous of the 50 U.S. states, with a population of 3,190,369, according to the 2020 census. The state's capital, most populous city, and largest metropolitan area fully located within the state is Des Moines. A portion of the larger Omaha, Nebraska, metropolitan area extends into three counties of southwest Iowa. Iowa has been listed as one of the safest U.S. states in which to live.
During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt.
In the latter half of the 20th century, Iowa's agricultural economy began to transition to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, and green energy production. As of 2018, 22.6 million hogs outnumbered Iowans by more than 7 to 1 in 8,000 facilities large enough to require manure management plans. (Full article...)
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Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "the Heater from Van Meter", "Bullet Bob", and "Rapid Robert", was an American baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians between 1936 and 1956. In a career spanning 570 games, Feller pitched 3,827 innings and posted a win–loss record of 266–162, with 279 complete games, 44 shutouts, and a 3.25 earned run average (ERA). His career 2,581 strikeouts were third all-time upon his retirement.
A prodigy who bypassed baseball's minor leagues, Feller made his debut with the Indians at the age of 17. His career was interrupted by four years of military service (1942–1945) as a United States Navy Chief Petty Officer aboard USS Alabama during World War II. Feller became the first pitcher to win 24 games in a season before the age of 21. He threw no-hitters in 1940, 1946, and 1951, and 12 one-hitters, both records at his retirement. He helped the Indians win a World Series title in 1948 and an American League-record 111 wins and the pennant in 1954. Feller led the American League in wins six times and in strikeouts seven times. In 1946 he recorded 348 strikeouts, the most since 1904 and then believed to be a record. (Full article...)Did you know? - load new batch
- ... that the Iowa Colored Cowboys played softball for audiences of over a thousand people, in an atmosphere similar to a Harlem Globetrotters show?
- ... that American horticulturalist Joseph Lancaster Budd traveled to England, France, Austria, Russia, and China in 1882 to discover fruit trees that could grow in Iowa?
- ... that women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony spoke twice at the now defunct Academy of Music in Sioux City, Iowa, during the 1870s?
- ... that the Aurelia Star, an Iowa newspaper, has changed ownership at least 11 times?
- ... that a 2020 study concluded that taco pizza is the favorite pizza of Iowa?
- ... that Robert Spencer Finkbine spent 13 years as the superintendent of construction of the Iowa State Capitol?
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- Image 6Howes Building, in Clinton County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 8Fourth Street Historic District, in Woodbury County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 9The Iowa Great Lakes located primarily in Dickinson County, in the northwestern section of Iowa near the Minnesota border (from Iowa)
- Image 12Merchants' National Bank in Poweshiek County, designed by Louis Sullivan (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 13Central Iowa cornfield and dairy in June (from Iowa)
- Image 15Iowa annual rainfall, in inches; as of 2009 (from Iowa)
- Image 16Phil Hoffman House, in Mahaska County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 17Grotto of the Redemption, in Palo Alto County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 18The Union Block building in Mount Pleasant, scene of early civil rights and women's rights activities (from Iowa)
- Image 21Ethnic origins in Iowa (from Iowa)
- Image 23Iowa in 1718 with the modern state area highlighted (from Iowa)
- Image 25Skyline of Des Moines, Iowa's capital and largest city (from Iowa)
- Image 26Map of counties in Iowa by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. censusNon-Hispanic White
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- Image 27Iowa terrain (from Iowa)
- Image 30Topography of Iowa, with counties and major streams (from Iowa)
- Image 32Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport is the first school of chiropractic in the world. (from Iowa)
- Image 34Schaeffer Hall (University of Iowa, Iowa City) (from Iowa)
- Image 36Iowa 2020 Population Density map (from Iowa)
- Image 37Population age comparison between rural Pocahontas County and urban Polk County, illustrating the flight of young adults (red) to urban centers in Iowa (from Iowa)
- Image 38Samuel J. Kirkwood, founder of the Iowa Republican Party, abolitionist, and Iowa's Civil War Governor (from Iowa)
- Image 40Farm in rural Northwest Iowa (from Iowa)
- Image 41Lock and Dam No. 14 Historic District, in Scott County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 42Iowa's major interstates, larger cities, and counties (from Iowa)
- Image 43Snake Alley, in Des Moines County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 50The Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, completed in 1886, is the only state capitol in the United States to feature five domes, a central golden dome surrounded by four smaller ones. It houses the Iowa General Assembly, comprising the Iowa House of Representatives and Iowa Senate. (from Iowa)
State Facts
- Date admitted to Union: December 28, 1846 (29th State)
- Demonym: Iowan
- Capital: Des Moines
- Elected state officers:
- U.S. Senators:
- Chuck Grassley (R)
- Joni Ernst (R)
- U.S. Representatives:
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
- Ashley Hinson (R)
- Zach Nunn (R)
- Randy Feenstra (R)
- Total area: 56,272 square miles (145,744 km2) (23rd most extensive state)
- Highest elevation: Hawkeye Point 1,670 feet (509 m) (42nd highest state)
- Mean elevation: 1,100 feet (335 m) (22nd highest state)
- Lowest elevation: Mississippi River 480 feet (146 m) (37th lowest state)
- Population (2022 estimate): 3,200,517 (32nd most populous state)
- Number of counties: 99 counties
- Number of municipalities: 947 municipalities
- Time zone: CST=UTC-06, CDT=UTC-05
- USPS code: IA
- ISO 3166 code: US-IA
- Adjacent states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota
- State government website: Iowa.gov
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State motto: | Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain |
State nickname: | The Hawkeye State |
State bird: | Eastern Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) |
State flower: | Wild Prairie Rose (Rosa pratincola) |
State grass: | Bluebunch Wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) |
State tree: | Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) |
State rock: | Geode |
State soil: | Tama |
State song: | The Song of Iowa |
State tartan: | Iowa State Tartan |
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