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Iowa (state)

State of Iowa
Flag of Iowa State seal of Iowa
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): The Hawkeye State
Motto(s): Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.
Map of the United States with Iowa highlighted
Demonym Iowan
Capital
(and largest city)
Des Moines
Largest metro Des Moines metropolitan area
Area Ranked 26th
 • Total 56,272.81 sq mi
(145,746 km2)
 • Width 200 miles (322 km)
 • Length 310 miles (499 km)
 • % water 0.70
 • Latitude 40° 23′ N to 43° 30′ N
 • Longitude 90° 8′ W to 96° 38′ W
Population Ranked 31st
 • Total 3,134,693 (2016 est)
 • Density 54.8/sq mi  (21.2/km2)
Ranked 36th
 • Median household income $60,855 (16th)
Elevation
 • Highest point Hawkeye Point
1,671 ft (509 m)
 • Mean 1,100 ft  (340 m)
 • Lowest point Confluence of Mississippi River and Des Moines River
480 ft (146 m)
Before statehood Iowa Territory
Admission to Union December 28, 1846 (29th)
Governor Terry Branstad (R)
Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds (R)
Legislature General Assembly
 • Upper house Senate
 • Lower house House of Representatives
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R)
Joni Ernst (R)
U.S. House delegation 1: Rod Blum (R)
2: Dave Loebsack (D)
3: David Young (R)
4: Steve King (R) (list) (list)
Time zone Central: UTC -6/-5
ISO 3166 US-IA
Abbreviations IA
Website www.iowa.gov
Iowa state symbols
Flag of Iowa.svg
Iowa-StateSeal.svg
Living insignia
Bird Eastern goldfinch
Flower Wild rose
Grass Pseudoroegneria spicata
Tree Bur oak
Inanimate insignia
Motto Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.
Rock Geode
State route marker
Iowa state route marker
State quarter
Iowa quarter dollar coin
Released in 2004
Lists of United States state symbols

Iowa (Listeni/ˈ.wə/) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri River and the Big Sioux River on the west. Surrounding states include Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Minnesota to the north.

In colonial times, 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.


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