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Iowa (/ˈaɪ.əwə/ ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) is a doubly 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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The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 20 sports, 7 for men and 13 for women; The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the Big Ten Conference (since 1899). Currently, the school's athletic director is Beth Goetz.
Historically, Iowa has been very successful in wrestling, with 37 team Big Ten championships and 24 team national championships. The Hawkeyes have also won national championships in five other sports: men's gymnastics, football, field hockey, rifle and women's track and field. In basketball, Iowa has reached the NCAA Final Four on six occasions. The men's team has done this three times, most recently in 1980, and the women's team has also done it three times, in 1993, 2023 and 2024. The baseball team has reached the College World Series once, in 1972. Iowa's softball team has played in the Women's College World Series on four occasions, most recently in 2001. (Full article...)Did you know? - load new batch
- ... that during the 1984 Democratic presidential primaries, Alan Cranston scheduled his advertisements in Iowa around airings of The Day After?
- ... that Iowa radio station KFQC was said to change programming and ownership "almost as regularly as dental check-ups are recommended"?
- ... 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 William Miller Beardshear was known as the "father of Iowa State College", now known as Iowa State University?
- ... that a 2020 study concluded that taco pizza is the favorite pizza of Iowa?
- ... that the Fox television network successfully moved to strip an Iowa TV station of its affiliation?
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- Image 1Population 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 4Grotto of the Redemption, in Palo Alto County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 7Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport is the first school of chiropractic in the world. (from Iowa)
- Image 10Central Iowa cornfield and dairy in June (from Iowa)
- Image 11Fourth Street Historic District, in Woodbury County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 12Lock and Dam No. 14 Historic District, in Scott County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 13The 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)
- Image 18Skyline of Des Moines, Iowa's capital and largest city (from Iowa)
- Image 19Howes Building, in Clinton County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 20Iowa 2020 Population Density map (from Iowa)
- Image 21Snake Alley, in Des Moines County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 23Topography of Iowa, with counties and major streams (from Iowa)
- Image 27Samuel J. Kirkwood, founder of the Iowa Republican Party, abolitionist, and Iowa's Civil War Governor (from Iowa)
- Image 29The Union Block building in Mount Pleasant, scene of early civil rights and women's rights activities (from Iowa)
- Image 30Merchants' National Bank in Poweshiek County, designed by Louis Sullivan (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 31Ethnic origins in Iowa (from Iowa)
- Image 33Iowa annual rainfall, in inches; as of 2009 (from Iowa)
- Image 36Map of counties in Iowa by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. censusNon-Hispanic White
- 50–60%60–70%70–80%80–90%90%+
- Image 37Phil Hoffman House, in Mahaska County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 39Farm in rural Northwest Iowa (from Iowa)
- Image 40Iowa in 1718 with the modern state area highlighted (from Iowa)
- Image 42Iowa terrain (from Iowa)
- Image 46The Iowa Great Lakes located primarily in Dickinson County, in the northwestern section of Iowa near the Minnesota border (from Iowa)
- Image 49Schaeffer Hall (University of Iowa, Iowa City) (from Iowa)
- Image 50Iowa's major interstates, larger cities, and counties (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
State Symbols
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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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