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Iowa (/ˈaɪ.əwə/ ^ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) is a 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 3.19 million. 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. Other metropolitan statistical areas in Iowa include Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Ames, Dubuque, Sioux City, and the Iowa portion of the Quad Cities. Iowa is home to 940 small towns, though its population is increasingly urbanized as small communities and rural areas decline in population.

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, pioneers 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.

Politically, Iowa is notable for the Iowa Caucuses, an influential event in national politics, as well as its high levels of voter turnout and foundational leadership in civil rights including early adoption or support of black suffrage, women's rights, and same-sex marriage. Iowa's standard of living is ranked among the best states and it performs highly on metrics such as governance, education, infrastructure, and safety. (Full article...)

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Iowa City is the largest city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 74,828, making it the state's fifth-most populous city. The Iowa City metropolitan area, which encompasses Johnson and Washington counties, has a population of over 171,000. The metro area is also a part of a combined statistical area with the Cedar Rapids metro area known as the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids region which collectively has a population of nearly 500,000.

Iowa City is the home of the University of Iowa. It was the second capital of the Iowa Territory and the first capital city of the State of Iowa; the Old Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark in the center of the University of Iowa campus. The University of Iowa Art Museum and Plum Grove, the home of the first governor of Iowa, are also tourist attractions. (Full article...)

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Image 1Farm in rural Northwest Iowa (from Iowa)
Image 2Merchants' National Bank in Poweshiek County, designed by Louis Sullivan (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
Image 3Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport is the first school of chiropractic in the world. (from Iowa)
Image 4Loess Hills east of Mondamin (from Iowa)
Image 5Topography of Iowa, with counties and major streams (from Iowa)
Image 6Iowa 2020 Population Density map (from Iowa)
Image 7Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State University (from Iowa)
Image 8Iowa's major interstates, larger cities, and counties (from Iowa)
Image 9Iowa in 1718 with the modern state area highlighted (from Iowa)
Image 10Amana Colonies were founded by German Pietists (from Iowa)
Image 11Population 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 12Excavation of the 3,800-year-old Edgewater Park Site (from Iowa)
Image 13Snake Alley, in Des Moines County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
Image 14Lock and Dam No. 14 Historic District, in Scott County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
Image 15Fourth Street Historic District, in Woodbury County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
Image 16Iowa Territorial Seal (from Iowa)
Image 17Central Iowa cornfield and dairy in June (from Iowa)
Image 18Phil Hoffman House, in Mahaska County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
Image 19Howes Building, in Clinton County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
Image 20Ethnic origins in Iowa (from Iowa)

Map of counties in Iowa by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 22A Christian cross on a hill in Iowa (from Iowa)
Image 23Samuel J. Kirkwood, founder of the Iowa Republican Party, abolitionist, and Iowa's Civil War Governor (from Iowa)
Image 24Grotto of the Redemption, in Palo Alto County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
Image 25The Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing at Iowa State University, Ames (from Iowa)
Image 26Modern Woodmen Park is home to the Quad Cities baseball team (from Iowa)
Image 27The Union Block building in Mount Pleasant, scene of early civil rights and women's rights activities (from Iowa)
Image 28Mural in Mt. Ayr Post Office, "The Corn Parade" by Orr C. Fischer, which was commissioned as part of the New Deal (from Iowa)
Image 29Köppen climate types of Iowa, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Iowa)
Image 30Bellevue along the Mississippi, 1848 (from Iowa)
Image 31Iowa gross state products by industry, 2009 (from Iowa)
Image 32Harvesting corn in Jones County (from Iowa)
Image 33Iowa annual rainfall, in inches; as of 2009 (from Iowa)
Image 34View of Grotto of the Redemption's Lower Arcade: Small Stations of the Cross, West Bend (from Iowa)

State Facts

State of Iowa

Date admitted to Union: December 28, 1846 (29th State)
Demonym: Iowan
Capital: Des Moines
Elected state officers:
- Governor: Kim Reynolds (R)
- Lieutenant Governor: Adam Gregg (R)
- Secretary of State: Paul Pate (R)
- Auditor: Rob Sand (D)
- Treasurer: Roby Smith (R)
- Secretary of Agriculture: Mike Naig (R)
- Attorney General: Brenna Bird (R)
U.S. Senators:
- Chuck Grassley (R)
- Joni Ernst (R)
U.S. Representatives:

Total area: 56,272 square miles (145,744 km²) (23rd most extensive state)
- Land: 55,869 square miles (144,700 km²)
- Water: 402 square miles (1,041 km²)
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

State flag:
State seal:
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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v t e State of Iowa
Des Moines (capital)
Topics	Attorney General Archaeology Area codes Auditor of State Capitol Code Congressional districts Crime Delegations Representatives Senators Elections Caucuses Environment Flag Index Governor History Historic Places Legislature House Senate People Native Americans Political parties Democratic Libertarian Republican Seal Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of State State Parks Supreme Court Treasurer of State
Regions	Coteau des Prairies Des Moines metropolitan area Dissected Till Plains Driftless Area Great River Road Honey Lands Iowa Great Lakes Loess Hills Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area Quad Cities Siouxland
Largest cities	Ames Ankeny Bettendorf Burlington Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Clinton Council Bluffs Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Fort Dodge Iowa City Marion Marshalltown Mason City Muscatine Ottumwa Sioux City Urbandale Waterloo West Des Moines
Counties	Adair Adams Allamakee Appanoose Audubon Benton Black Hawk Boone Bremer Buchanan Buena Vista Butler Calhoun Carroll Cass Cedar Cerro Gordo Cherokee Chickasaw Clarke Clay Clayton Clinton Crawford Dallas Davis Decatur Delaware Des Moines Dickinson Dubuque Emmet Fayette Floyd Franklin Fremont Greene Grundy Guthrie Hamilton Hancock Hardin Harrison Henry Howard Humboldt Ida Iowa Jackson Jasper Jefferson Johnson Jones Keokuk Kossuth Lee Linn Louisa Lucas Lyon Madison Mahaska Marion Marshall Mills Mitchell Monona Monroe Montgomery Muscatine O'Brien Osceola Page Palo Alto Plymouth Pocahontas Polk Pottawattamie Poweshiek Ringgold Sac Scott Shelby Sioux Story Tama Taylor Union Van Buren Wapello Warren Washington Wayne Webster Winnebago Winneshiek Woodbury Worth Wright

v t e Airports in Iowa
Primary	Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque Sioux City Waterloo
Non-primary	Burlington Fort Dodge Mason City
Relief	Ankeny
General aviation	Albia Algona Ames Atlantic Audubon Belle Plaine Bloomfield Boone Carroll Centerville Chariton Charles City Cherokee Clarinda Clarion Clinton Council Bluffs Creston Davenport Decorah Denison Emmetsburg Estherville Fairfield Forest City Fort Madison Greenfield Grinnell Guthrie Center Hampton Harlan Humboldt Independence Iowa City Iowa Falls Jefferson Keokuk Knoxville Lamoni Le Mars Mapleton Maquoketa Marshalltown Monticello Mt. Pleasant Muscatine Newton Oelwein Orange City Osceola Oskaloosa Ottumwa Pella Perry Pocahontas Red Oak Rockwell City Sac City Sheldon Shenandoah Spencer Storm Lake Tipton Vinton Washington Waverly Webster City West Union Winterset
List of airports in Iowa

v t e Colleges and universities in Iowa
Public	University of Iowa Iowa State University University of Northern Iowa	Iowa portal
Private	Briar Cliff Buena Vista Central Clarke Coe Cornell Des Moines Divine Word Dordt Drake Emmaus Faith Baptist Graceland Grand View Grinnell Loras Luther Maharishi Morningside Mount Mercy Northwestern St. Ambrose Simpson University of Dubuque Upper Iowa Waldorf Wartburg William Penn
Defunct	Iowa Wesleyan

v t e County courthouses in Iowa
Adair Adams Allamakee Appanoose Audubon Benton Black Hawk Boone Bremer Buchanan Buena Vista Butler Calhoun Carroll Cass Cedar Cerro Gordo Cherokee Chickasaw Clarke Clay Clayton Clinton Crawford Dallas Davis Decatur Delaware Des Moines Dickinson Dubuque Emmet Fayette Floyd Franklin Fremont Greene Grundy Guthrie Hamilton Hancock Hardin Harrison Henry Howard Humboldt Ida Iowa Jackson Jasper Jefferson Johnson Jones Keokuk Kossuth Lee (North), (South) Linn Louisa Lucas Lyon Madison Mahaska Marion Marshall Mills Mitchell Monona Monroe Montgomery Muscatine O'Brien Osceola Page Palo Alto Plymouth Pocahontas Polk Pottawattamie Poweshiek Ringgold Sac Scott Shelby Sioux Story Tama Taylor Union Van Buren Wapello Warren Washington Wayne Webster Winnebago Winneshiek Woodbury Worth Wright		Iowa portal
List of counties in Iowa ♦ List of county courthouses in Iowa

v t e Governors of Iowa
Territorial (1838–1846)	Conway (Acting) Lucas Chambers Clarke	Iowa portal
State (since 1846)	Briggs Hempstead Grimes Lowe Kirkwood Stone Merrill Carpenter Kirkwood Newbold Gear Sherman Larrabee Boies Jackson Drake Shaw Cummins Garst Carroll Clarke Harding Kendall Hammill Turner Herring Kraschel Wilson Hickenlooper Blue Beardsley Elthon Hoegh Loveless Erbe Hughes Fulton Ray Branstad Vilsack Culver Branstad Reynolds	Iowa portal

v t e Members of the Iowa House of Representatives
90th General Assembly (January 9, 2023 – January 12, 2025) Speaker Pat Grassley (R) Speaker pro tempore John Wills (R) Majority Leader Matt Windschitl (R) Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst (D)
▌J. D. Scholten (D) ▌Robert Henderson (R) ▌Thomas Jeneary (R) ▌Skyler Wheeler (R) ▌Zach Dieken (R) ▌Megan Jones (R) ▌Mike Sexton (R) ▌Ann Meyer (R) ▌Henry Stone (R) ▌John Wills (R) ▌Brian Best (R) ▌Steven Holt (R) ▌Ken Carlson (R) ▌Jacob Bossman (R) ▌Matt Windschitl (R) ▌David Sieck (R) ▌Devon Wood (R) ▌Tom Moore (R) ▌Brent Siegrist (R) ▌Joshua Turek (D) ▌Brooke Boden (R) ▌Stan Gustafson (R) ▌Ray Sorensen (R) ▌Joel Fry (R) ▌Hans Wilz (R) ▌Austin Harris (R) ▌Kenan Judge (D) ▌David Young (R) ▌Brian Meyer (D) ▌Megan Srinivas (D) ▌Mary Madison (D) ▌Jennifer Konfrst (D) ▌Ruth Ann Gaines (D) ▌Ako Abdul-Samad (D) ▌Sean Bagniewski (D) ▌Austin Baeth (D) ▌Barb Kniff McCulla (R) ▌Jon Dunwell (R) ▌Rick Olson (D) ▌Bill Gustoff (R) ▌Molly Buck (D) ▌Heather Matson (D) ▌Eddie Andrews (R) ▌John Forbes (D) ▌Brian Lohse (R) ▌Dan Gehlbach (R) ▌Carter Nordman (R) ▌Phil Thompson (R) ▌Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) ▌Ross Wilburn (D) ▌Dave Deyoe (R) ▌Sue Cahill (D) ▌Dean Fisher (R) ▌Joshua Meggers (R) ▌Shannon Latham (R) ▌Mark Thompson (R) ▌Pat Grassley (R) ▌Charley Thomson (R) ▌Sharon Steckman (D) ▌Jane Bloomingdale (R) ▌Timi Brown-Powers (D) ▌Jerome Amos Jr. (D) ▌Michael Bergan (R) ▌Anne Osmundson (R) ▌Shannon Lundgren (R) ▌Steve Bradley (R) ▌Craig Johnson (R) ▌Chad Ingels (R) ▌Tom Determann (R) ▌Norlin Mommsen (R) ▌Lindsay James (D) ▌Charles Isenhart (D) ▌Elizabeth Wilson (D) ▌Eric Gjerde (D) ▌Bob Kressig (D) ▌Derek Wulf (R) ▌Jeff Cooling (D) ▌Sami Scheetz (D) ▌Tracy Ehlert (D) ▌Art Staed (D) ▌Luana Stoltenberg (R) ▌Bobby Kaufmann (R) ▌Cindy Golding (R) ▌Thomas Gerhold (R) ▌Amy Nielsen (D) ▌David Jacoby (D) ▌Jeff Shipley (R) ▌Helena Hayes (R) ▌Elinor Levin (D) ▌Adam Zabner (D) ▌Brad Sherman (R) ▌Heather Hora (R) ▌Gary Mohr (R) ▌Mike Vondran (R) ▌Taylor Collins (R) ▌Mark Cisneros (R) ▌Ken Croken (D) ▌Monica Kurth (D) ▌Matthew Rinker (R) ▌Blaine Watkins (R)
▌Republican (64) ▌Democratic (36) Iowa General Assembly Iowa House of Representatives Iowa Senate

v t e Iowa political parties
Political parties	Iowa Democratic Party Libertarian Party of Iowa Republican Party of Iowa
Non-party political organizations	Constitution Party of Iowa Iowa Green Party† Legal Marijuana Now Party Party for Socialism and Liberation
Defunct	Free Soil Whig
Iowa portal Political party strength in Iowa Note: Political parties are those organizations that received 2% or more of the vote for president or governor in the most recent general election. †The Iowa Green Party was a political party from 2000 – 2002.