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{{Otheruses1|the U.S. State}}
{{US state |
Name = Iowa |
Fullname = State of Iowa |
Flag = Flag of Iowa.svg |
Flaglink =
Flag of Iowa |
Seal = Iowastateseal.jpg |
Map = Map_of_USA_highlighting_Iowa.png |
Nickname = The Hawkeye State |
Capital =
Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines |
OfficialLang =
English language English |
LargestCity =
Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines |
PostalAbbreviation = IA |
Governor =
Thomas Vilsack (D)|
Senators =
Chuck Grassley (R)
Tom Harkin (D) |
AreaRank = 26
th |
TotalArea = 145,743 |
LandArea = 144,701 |
WaterArea = 1,042 |
PCWater = 0.71 |
PopRank = 30
th |
2000Pop = 2,926,324 |
DensityRank = 33
rd |
2000Density = 20.22 |
AdmittanceOrder = 29
th |
AdmittanceDate =
December 28,
1846 |
TimeZone =
Central Standard Time Zone Central:
Coordinated Universal Time UTC-6/
Daylight saving time DST-5 |
Latitude = 40°36'N to 43°30'N |
Longitude = 89°5'W to 96°31'W |
Width = 320 |
Length = 500 |
HighestElev = 509 |
MeanElev = 335 |
LowestElev = 146 |
ISOCode = US-IA |
Website = www.iowa.gov
}}
'''Iowa''' is a
Midwest U.S. state state of the
United States.
Geography
Image:Iowa neighbors.jpg thumb|Iowa neighbors
Image:National-atlas-iowa.png thumb|Iowa map
Image:Iowa counties with names.jpg thumb|Iowa counties
Image:Iowa_population_map.png thumb|Iowa Population Density Map
:''See
List of counties in Iowa,
List of cities in Iowa,
List of townships in Iowa and
List of Iowa rivers''
Iowa is bordered by
Minnesota on the north;
Nebraska and
South Dakota on the west;
Missouri on the south; and
Wisconsin and
Illinois on the east.
The
Mississippi River forms the eastern boundary of the state. The boundary along the west is formed by the
Missouri River south of
Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City and by the
Big Sioux River north of Sioux City. There are several natural
lakes in the state, most notably
Spirit Lake (Iowa) Spirit Lake,
West Okoboji Lake, and
East Okoboji Lake in northwest Iowa (''see
Iowa Great Lakes''). Man-made lakes include Lake Odessa[http://www.iowadnr.com/fish/fishing/lakes/ode58.html], Saylorville Lake, Lake Red Rock, and Rathbun Lake.
The topography of the state is gently rolling
plains.
Loess hills lie along the western border of the state. Some of these are several hundred feet thick. In the northeast along the Mississippi River is a section of the
Driftless Zone, which in Iowa consists of low rugged hills covered with conifers—a landscape not usually associated with this state.
The point of lowest elevation is
Keokuk, Iowa Keokuk in southeastern Iowa, at 480 feet (146 m). The point of highest elevation, at 1,670 feet (509 m), is Hawkeye Point, located in a feedlot north of
Sibley, Iowa Sibley in northwest Iowa. The mean elevation of the state is 335
metre m. Considering the size of the state at 56,271 square miles (145,743
square kilometre km²), there is very little elevation difference.
Iowa has 99
county counties. The state capital,
Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, is located in
Polk County, Iowa Polk County (
:Image:Iowa counties with numbers.jpg #60).
Areas controlled and protected by the
National Park Service include:
*
Effigy Mounds National Monument near
Harpers Ferry, Iowa Harpers Ferry
*
Herbert Hoover National Historical Site in
West Branch, Iowa West Branch
*
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
*
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Climate
Image:Bales of hay.jpg thumb|right|Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa.
Iowa experiences a
Continental climate continental climate with extremes of both heat and cold. The average annual temperature at
Des Moines is 50.0° F (10.0° C); for some locations in the north the figure is under 45°, while Keokuk, on the
Mississippi River, averages 52.1°. Winters are brisk and snowfall common, the capital receiving an average of 36.3 inches per season.
Spring ushers in the beginning of the
severe weather season, as well as bringing increased precipitation and warming temperatures. The Iowan
summer is known for heat and humidity, with daytime temperatures sometimes exceeding 100° F (37.8° C).
History
:''Main article:
History of Iowa.''
Highlights:
*French explorers
Louis Joliet and
Jacques Marquette are believed to be the first Europeans to visit Iowa. They described Iowa as lush,
green, and fertile.
*Iowa has been home to approximately 17 different tribes. Today, only the
Meskwaki tribe remains.
*The first American settlers officially moved to Iowa in June
1833. Primarily, they were families from Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri.
*Iowa became the 29
th state in the union on
December 28,
1846.
*The
Chicago and North Western Railway reached
Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs in
1867. Council Bluffs was designated the eastern terminus for the
Union Pacific Railroad. The completion of five major railroads across Iowa brought major economic changes as well as travel opportunities.
*During the
American Civil War, more than 75,000 Iowans participated in the war, 13,001 of whom died (mostly by disease). Iowa had a higher percentage of soldiers serve in the Civil War, per capita, than any other state in the Union, with nearly 60% of eligible males serving.
*Iowa saw a large increase in farming of beef, corn, and pork during
World War I, but farmers saw economic hardships after the war. These hardships were the result of the removal of war-time farm subsidies. Total recovery did not happen until the
1940s.
*The Farm Crisis of the 1980's saw a major decline of family farms in Iowa and around the Midwest, and it was marked by a sharp drop in the state's rural population.
*Although Iowa's primary industry is agriculture, it also produces
refrigerators,
washing machines,
fountain pens,
farm implements, and food products that are shipped around the world.
*Iowa is also a major producer of
ethanol and
biodiesel.
* Bergman, Marvin, ed. ''Iowa History Reader'' (1996) essays by scholars.
* Ross, Earl D. ''Iowa Agriculture: An Historical Survey'' (1951)
* Sage, Leland. ''A History of Iowa'' (1974)
* Schwieder, Dorothy. ''Iowa: The Middle Land'' (1996) excellent scholarly history
-
Wall, Joseph Frazier. ''Iowa: A Bicentennial History'' (1978)
Demographics
{| class="toccolours" align="right" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 95%; clear:right;"
|-
! colspan=2 bgcolor="#ccccff" align="center"| Historical populations
|-
! align="center"| Census
year !! align="right"| Population
|-
| colspan=2|
|-
| align="center"| 1840 || align="right"| 43,112
|-
| align="center"| 1850 || align="right"| 192,214
|-
| align="center"| 1860 || align="right"| 674,913
|-
| align="center"| 1870 || align="right"| 1,194,020
|-
| align="center"| 1880 || align="right"| 1,624,615
|-
| align="center"| 1890 || align="right"| 1,912,297
|-
| align="center"| 1900 || align="right"| 2,231,853
|-
| align="center"| 1910 || align="right"| 2,224,771
|-
| align="center"| 1920 || align="right"| 2,404,021
|-
| align="center"| 1930 || align="right"| 2,470,939
|-
| align="center"| 1940 || align="right"| 2,538,268
|-
| align="center"| 1950 || align="right"| 2,621,073
|-
| align="center"| 1960 || align="right"| 2,757,537
|-
| align="center"| 1970 || align="right"| 2,824,376
|-
| align="center"| 1980 || align="right"| 2,913,808
|-
| align="center"| 1990 || align="right"| 2,776,755
|-
| align="center"|
United States 2000 Census 2000 || align="right"| 2,926,324
|}
As of 2005, Iowa has an estimated population of 2,966,334, which is an increase of 13,430, or 0.5%, from the prior year and an increase of 39,952, or 1.4%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 53,706 people (that is 197,163 births minus 143,457 deaths) and a decrease due to net migration of 11,754 people out of the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 29,386 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 41,140 people.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2004, Iowa's population included about 97,000 foreign-born (3.3%).
The racial makeup of the state is:
*92.6%
Whites White non-Hispanic
*2.1%
Blacks Black
*2.8%
Hispanics Hispanic
*1.3%
Asian American Asian
*0.3%
Native American (U.S. Census) Native American
*1.1%
Mixed race
The five largest ancestry groups in Iowa are:
German-American German (35.7%),
Irish American Irish (13.5%),
British American English (9.5%),
United States American (6.6%),
Norwegian-American Norwegian (5.7%).
Iowans are mostly of
Northern Europe Northern European origin. There are large numbers of
German-Americans in the state (1 in 3 Iowans answered that they were of German ancestry on the 2000 Census), as well as people of British, Scandinavian, and Dutch ancestry, among others.
6.4% of Iowa's population were reported as under 5, 25.1% under 18, and 14.9% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 50.9% of the population.
Rural flight
Iowa, in common with other Great Plains states (especially
Kansas,
Nebraska,
Oklahoma,
North Dakota North and
South Dakota), is feeling the brunt of falling populations. 89% of the total number of cities in those states have fewer than 3000 people; hundreds have fewer than 1000. Between 1996 and 2004, almost half a million people, nearly half with college degrees, left the six states. ''"Rural flight"'' as it is called has led to offers of free land and tax breaks as enticements to newcomers.
Religion
Most Iowans are
Protestant Christians, with
Lutheranism being the largest single Protestant denomination, followed by Methodist. The state has the second largest population of Reformed Christians, both RCA and CRC.
The religious affiliations of the people of Iowa are:
*
Christianity Christian – 73%
**
Protestantism Protestant – 50%
***
Lutheranism Lutheran – 16%
***
Methodism Methodist – 13%
***
Baptist – 5%
***
Presbyterianism Presbyterian – 3%
***
Pentecostal – 2%
***
Congregational church Congregational/
United Church of Christ – 2%
***Other Protestant or general Protestant – 11%
**
Catholicism Catholic – 23%
**Other Christian – 1%
*Other Religions – 6%
*Non-Religious – 13%
*Refused to Answer – 5%
Economy
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The state's total gross state product for 2003 was US$103 billion. Its
per capita income for 2003 was US$28,340. Iowa's main agricultural outputs are
pig hogs,
maize corn,
soybeans,
oats,
cattle and
dairy products. Its industrial outputs are food processing, machinery, electric equipment, chemical products, publishing and primary metals. Iowa produces the nation's largest amount of
ethanol. Des Moines also serves as a center for the insurance industry.
Iowa imposes taxes on net state income of individuals and estates and trusts. There are currently nine
income tax brackets, ranging from 0.36% to 8.98%. The state
sales tax rate is 5%. Iowa has two local option sales taxes that may be imposed by counties after an election at which the majority of voters favors the tax. They are in addition to the 5 percent state sales tax. The ''regular'' local option tax is imposed on the gross receipts from sales of tangible
personal property. It usually remains in effect until it is repealed, but the ordinance may include a
sunset clause. The ''school infrastructure'' local option tax is automatically repealed 10 years after it is imposed, unless the ballot imposes a shorter time frame.
Property tax is levied on the taxable value of real property, that is, mostly land, buildings, structures, and other improvements that are constructed on or in the land, attached to the land or placed upon a foundation. Typical improvements include a building, house or mobile home, fences, and paving. The following five classes of real property are evaluated: residential, agricultural, commercial, industrial and utilities/railroad (which is assessed at the state level). Homeowners pay less than half of the property tax collected each year in Iowa. Farmers pay 21 percent, and businesses and industry, a total of 23 percent. Utility companies, including
railroads, pay 10 percent. Iowa has more than 2,000 taxing authorities. Most property is taxed by more than one taxing authority. The tax rate differs in each locality and is a composite of county, city,
school district and special levies.
Transportation
Interstate highways
These are the
interstate highways that go through Iowa:
*
Interstate 29 29,
Interstate 35 35,
Interstate 74 74,
Interstate 80 80,
Interstate 129 129,
Interstate 235 (Iowa) 235,
Interstate 280 (Illinois-Iowa) 280,
Interstate 380 (Iowa) 380,
Interstate 480 (Iowa-Nebraska) 480,
Interstate 680 (Iowa-Nebraska) 680
US highways
These are the
U.S. Route system United States highways that go through Iowa:
*
U.S. Route 6 6,
U.S. Route 18 18,
U.S. Route 20 20,
U.S. Route 30 30,
U.S. Route 34 34,
U.S. Route 52 52,
U.S. Route 59 59,
U.S. Route 61 61,
U.S. Route 63 63,
U.S. Route 65 65,
U.S. Route 67 67,
U.S. Route 69 69,
U.S. Route 71 71,
U.S. Route 75 75,
U.S. Route 77 77,
U.S. Route 136 136,
U.S. Route 151 151,
U.S. Route 169 169,
U.S. Route 218 218,
U.S. Route 275 275
Law and government
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The current Governor is
Tom Vilsack (Democrat) and the two U.S. Senators:
*
Chuck Grassley (R)
*
Tom Harkin (D)
The five U.S. Congressmen:
*
Jim Leach (R)
*
Jim Nussle (R)
*
Steve King (R)
*
Tom Latham (R)
*
Leonard Boswell (D)
The '''Code of Iowa''' contains the
statutory laws of the State of Iowa. The
Iowa Legislative Service Bureau is a non-partisan governmental agency that is responsible for organizing, updating and publishing the Iowa Code. The Iowa Code is republished in full in odd years (i.e., 1999, 2001, 2003, etc..) and is supplemented in even years.
Iowa has a liberal populist tradition but now is fairly evenly divided between the two major political parties. The state supported Democrats in the presidential contests from 1988 through 2000. It was one of only two states that supported Democrat Al Gore that switched to supporting George W. Bush in 2004. President Bush narrowly won the state's 7 electoral votes by a margin of 0.7 percentage points with 49.9% of the vote. Democratic strength is concentrated in the eastern region of the state and in Des Moines.
Iowa is an alcohol monopoly or
Alcoholic beverage control state.
:''See
List of Governors of Iowa,
Iowa General Assembly, and
Iowa State Capitol''
Iowa Presidential caucus
The state gets considerable attention every four years because it holds the first presidential
Iowa caucus caucus, a gathering of voters to select delegates to the state convention. Along with the
New Hampshire primary a week later, it has become the starting gun for choosing the two major-party candidates for president. The caucus, held in January of the election year, involves people gathering in homes or public places and choosing their candidate, rather than casting secret ballots, as is done in a
Presidential primary primary election. The national and international media give Iowa (and New Hampshire) about half of all the attention accorded the national candidate selection process, which gives the voters enormous leverage. Some candidates decide to skip the Iowa caucus, especially those who oppose ethanol subsidies, and use their resources in other early states such as New Hampshire and South Carolina. Those who enter the caucus expend enormous effort to reach voters in each of Iowa's 99 counties.
U.S. senators from Iowa
List of United States Senators who have represented Iowa:
{| cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|+ Seat 1
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Senator !! Took Office !! Left Office !! Party
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Chuck Grassley .html">1981
|_present || United States Republican Party|Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
John Culver .html">1975
|_1981 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Harold E. Hughes .html">1969
|_1975 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Bourke B. Hickenlooper .html">1945
|_1969 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Guy M. Gillette .html">1936
|_1945 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Richard Louis Murphy .html">1933
|_1936 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Smith W. Brookhart .html">1927
|_1933 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
David W. Stewart .html">1926
|_1927 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Albert B. Cummins .html">1908
|_1926 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
William B. Allison .html">1873
|_1908 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
James Harlan (Iowa Senator) James Harlan ||
1867 .html">1873
|_United States Republican Party|Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Samuel J. Kirkwood .html">1865
|_1867 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
James Harlan (Iowa Senator) James Harlan ||
1855 .html">1865
|_Free Soil Party|Free Soil and
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Augustus C. Dodge .html">1848
|_1855 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|}
Image:Iowa capitol.jpg 2003.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|250px|Capitol in [[2003 after regilding.html" title="Meaning of 250px|Capitol in [[2003">thumb|250px|Capitol in [[2003 after regilding">250px|Capitol in [[2003">thumb|250px|Capitol in [[2003 after regilding
{| cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|+ Seat 2
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Senator !! Took Office !! Left Office !! Party
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Tom Harkin .html">1985
|_present || United States Democratic Party|Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Roger Jepsen .html">1979
|_1985 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Dick Clark (Senator) Dick Clark ||
1973 .html">1979
|_United States Democratic Party|Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Jack R. Miller .html">1961
|_1973 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Thomas E. Martin .html">1955
|_1961 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Guy M. Gillette .html">1949
|_1955 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
George A. Wilson .html">1943
|_1949 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Clyde L. Herring .html">1937
|_1943 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
L.J. Dickinson .html">1931
|_1937 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Daniel F. Steck .html">1926
|_1931 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Smith W. Brookhart .html">1922
|_1926 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Charles A. Rawson .html">1922
|_1922 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
William S. Kenyon .html">1911
|_1922 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
Lafayette Young .html">1910
|_1911 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Jonathan P. Dolliver .html">1900
|_1910 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
John H. Gear .html">1895
|_1900 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
James F. Wilson .html">1883
|_1895 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
James W. McDill .html">1881
|_1883 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
Samuel J. Kirkwood .html">1877
|_1881 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
George G. Wright .html">1871
|_1877 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
James B. Howell .html">1870
|_1871 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
|
James W. Grimes .html">1859
|_1869 ||
United States Republican Party Republican
|- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|
George W. Jones .html">1848
|_1859 ||
United States Democratic Party Democrat
|}
Important cities and towns
Population > 100,000 (urbanized area)
*
Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, state capital
*
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids
*
Davenport, Iowa Davenport, home of
Saint Ambrose University
*
Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City
*
Waterloo, Iowa Waterloo
*
Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, home of
University of Iowa
*
Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs
Population > 10,000 (urbanized area)
*
Dubuque, Iowa Dubuque, college town, manufacturing center, river port
*
Ames, Iowa Ames, home of
Iowa State University
*
West Des Moines, Iowa West Des Moines, suburb and insurance center
*
Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls, suburb and college town
*
Fort Madison, Iowa Fort Madison, home of
Iowa State Penitentiary
*
Clinton, Iowa Clinton, industrial river town
*
Burlington, Iowa Burlington, industrial river town
*
Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine, location of many chemical plants
*
Newton, Iowa Newton,
Maytag Corporation Maytag washers used to be made here
*
Urbandale, Iowa Urbandale, large suburb of Des Moines
*
Keokuk, Iowa Keokuk, river port in extreme southeast
*
Pella, Iowa Pella,
Pella (company) Pella Windows headquarters, Central College,
Wyatt Earp's childhood home, Tulip Fest
*
Carroll, Iowa Carroll, a common shopping destination in western Iowa
*
Boone, Iowa Boone, an important hub for the
Union Pacific Railroad
Other cities
*
Bettendorf, Iowa Bettendorf part of the
Quad Cities
*
Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls, home of the
University of Northern Iowa (part of the
Waterloo, Iowa Waterloo metropolitan area)
*
Fayette, Iowa Fayette, home of
Upper Iowa University
Education
Iowa has historically placed a strong emphasis on education, which is shown in standardized testing scores. In 2003, Iowa had the second highest average
SAT scores by state, and tied for second highest average
ACT (examination) ACT scores in states where more than 20% of graduates were tested. The national office of ACT is in
Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, and the
ITBS and
ITED testing programs used in many states are provided by the
University of Iowa.
An overhaul of the current education system is being discussed. One of the suggested ideas is switching from 180 days to a year-round school system. [http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3447742]
State universities
*
Iowa State University
*
University of Iowa
*
University of Northern Iowa
Independent colleges and universities
Community colleges
Professional business and technical colleges and universities
Professional sports teams
The
minor league baseball Minor League baseball teams are:
The
minor league hockey Minor League hockey teams are:
The
United Soccer Leagues Minor League soccer teams are:
Miscellaneous topics
The state is named for the
Native Americans in the United States Native American Iowa tribe Iowa people.
Famous Iowans
The following is an alphabetical list of famous people born in Iowa (who don't necessarily live in Iowa) as well as famous Iowans in general.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Occupation !! Description
|-
|
James Van Allen .html">Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Mount Pleasant in
1914.
|-
|
Tom Arnold (actor) Tom Arnold || Film actor || Born in
Ottumwa, Iowa Ottumwa on
6 March 1959.
|-
|
Buffalo Bill .html">Le Claire, Iowa
Le Claire in
1846.
|-
|
Bill Bryson .html">Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines in
1951.
|-
|
Norman Ernest Borlaug .html">Nobel Peace Prize laureate
| Born near Cresco, Iowa|Cresco on March 25,
1914.
|-
|
Johnny Carson .html">Corning, Iowa
Corning on
23 October 1925.
|-
|
Mamie Eisenhower .html">President Dwight D. Eisenhower
| Born in Boone, Iowa|Boone in
1896.
|-
|
Hayden Fry .html">National Collegiate Athletic Association
College football coach of the
Iowa Hawkeyes Football Iowa Hawkeyes || Coached into national prominence with several
Rose Bowl Game appearances and high national rankings throughout his tenure.
|-
|
George Gallup .html">Gallup poll
| Born in Jefferson, Iowa|Jefferson in
1901.
|-
|
Frank Gotch .html">Humboldt, Iowa
Humboldt in
1878.
|-
|
Chad Hennings .html">NFL
American football player and US Air Force officer || Born in
Elberon, Iowa Elberon on
October 20,
1965.
|-
|
Herbert Hoover .html">President of the United States
| Born in West Branch, Iowa|West Branch in
1874. He is also buried there.
|-
|
Ashton Kutcher .html">Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids on
February 7,
1978.
|-
|
William D. Leahy .html">Five star admiral
| Born in Hampton, Iowa|Hampton on
May 6,
1875.
|-
|
F. L. Maytag Frederick L. Maytag ||
Maytag founder .html">Laurel, Iowa
Laurel.
|-
|
Robert Millikan .html">electron, spent part of his childhood in
Maquoketa, Iowa Maquoketa.html" title="Meaning of _Physicist || Measured the charge of the Maquoketa">Maquoketa.
|-
|
Charles Murray || American policy writer || Best known for being the co-author of the controversial best seller,
The Bell Curve. Born in
Newton, Iowa on
January 8,
1943.
|-
|
Harry Reasoner || Journalist || Born 17 Apr 1923 at
Dakota City, Iowa
|-
|
Donna Reed || Actress ||Born as Donna Belle Mullenger January 27, 1921 on a farm near Denison, Iowa
|-
|
Sage Rosenfels .html">NFL quarterback
|_Born in Maquoketa, Iowa|Maquoketa in
1978 and played college football at
Iowa State University.
|-
|
Slipknot (band) Slipknot || Alternative metal/nu metal band || Formed in
Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines.
|-
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Sullivan brothers .html">USS Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau during the
Battle of Guadalcanal, were born in
Waterloo, Iowa Waterloo.
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Billy Sunday .html">baseball player;
evangelism evangelist.html" title="Meaning of _a professional evangelist">evangelist_|| Born in
Bina, Iowa Bina in
1862 and lived in
Glenwood, Iowa Glenwood,
Nevada, Iowa Nevada, and
Ames, Iowa Ames.
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Grant Wood .html">Artist
|_Known mostly for his painting ''American Gothic'', was born in
Anamosa, Iowa Anamosa on
13 February,
1891.
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Wright Brothers .html">Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids while their father was posted there as a bishop with the
Church of the Brethren.
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Kurt Warner .html">NFL
American football player || Born in
1971 in
Burlington, Iowa Burlington.
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John Wayne .html">Winterset, Iowa
Winterset in
1907.
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Elijah Wood .html">Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids on
January 28,
1981.
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Animals
Some of the wild animals that can be found in Iowa:
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White-tailed deer
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Pheasant
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Quail
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Muskrat
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Raccoon
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Red fox
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Hare Jackrabbit
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Cottontail
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Fox squirrel
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Gray squirrel
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Coyote
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American Beaver Beaver
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Badger
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Weasel
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American Mink Mink
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Eastern spotted skunk
*Striped
skunk
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Gray fox
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Opossum
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Gopher
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Groundhog
*Mississauga
rattlesnake
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Prairie rattlesnake
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Timber rattlesnake
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Iowa is home of 49 endangered & 35 threatened animal species as well as 64 endangered & 89 threatened plant species [http://www.iowadnr.com/education/wldresbs.html].
State symbols
*Nickname: The Hawkeye State
*Bird:
American Goldfinch Eastern Goldfinch
*Fish: Channel
catfish (unofficial)
*Flower: Wild
Rose
*Grass:
Bluebunch wheatgrass
*Insect:
Honey Bee
*Tree:
Oak
*Colors:Red, white, and blue (in state flag)
*Fossil:
Crinoid (proposed)
*Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
*Rock:
Geode
*Ships:
Iowa class battleship,
USS Iowa (BB-4),
USS Iowa (BB-53),
USS Iowa (BB-61)
*Song: ''The Song of Iowa''
*Soil:
Tama (unofficial)
See also
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Iowa: Facts, Map and State Symbols - EnchantedLearning.com
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State Symbols
*The Graduate Center,
City University of New York CUNY: Research Studies: [http://www.gc.cuny.edu/faculty/research_briefs/aris/key_findings.htm American Religious Identification Survey]
External links
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Iowa News.
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Iowa Code online at Iowa General Assembly
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Iowa Newspapers
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Iowa Employment - State and County Data
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Iowa News. (civil liberties)
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Midwest Regional Climate Center (climate statistics)
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Karl King, Iowa's ''March King''
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Adams County, Iowa Adams |
Allamakee County, Iowa Allamakee |
Appanoose County, Iowa Appanoose |
Audubon County, Iowa Audubon |
Benton County, Iowa Benton |
Black Hawk County, Iowa Black Hawk |
Boone County, Iowa Boone |
Bremer County, Iowa Bremer |
Buchanan County, Iowa Buchanan |
Buena Vista County, Iowa Buena Vista |
Butler County, Iowa Butler |
Calhoun County, Iowa Calhoun |
Carroll County, Iowa Carroll |
Cass County, Iowa Cass |
Cedar County, Iowa Cedar |
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Cerro Gordo |
Cherokee County, Iowa Cherokee |
Chickasaw County, Iowa Chickasaw |
Clarke County, Iowa Clarke |
Clay County, Iowa Clay |
Clayton County, Iowa Clayton |
Clinton County, Iowa Clinton |
Crawford County, Iowa Crawford |
Dallas County, Iowa Dallas |
Davis County, Iowa Davis |
Decatur County, Iowa Decatur |
Delaware County, Iowa Delaware |
Des Moines County, Iowa Des Moines |
Dickinson County, Iowa Dickinson |
Dubuque County, Iowa Dubuque |
Emmet County, Iowa Emmet |
Fayette County, Iowa Fayette |
Floyd County, Iowa Floyd |
Franklin County, Iowa Franklin |
Fremont County, Iowa Fremont |
Greene County, Iowa Greene |
Grundy County, Iowa Grundy |
Guthrie County, Iowa Guthrie |
Hamilton County, Iowa Hamilton |
Hancock County, Iowa Hancock |
Hardin County, Iowa Hardin |
Harrison County, Iowa Harrison |
Henry County, Iowa Henry |
Howard County, Iowa Howard |
Humboldt County, Iowa Humboldt |
Ida County, Iowa Ida |
Iowa County, Iowa Iowa |
Jackson County, Iowa Jackson |
Jasper County, Iowa Jasper |
Jefferson County, Iowa Jefferson |
Johnson County, Iowa Johnson |
Jones County, Iowa Jones |
Keokuk County, Iowa Keokuk |
Kossuth County, Iowa Kossuth |
Lee County, Iowa Lee |
Linn County, Iowa Linn |
Louisa County, Iowa Louisa |
Lucas County, Iowa Lucas |
Lyon County, Iowa Lyon |
Madison County, Iowa Madison |
Mahaska County, Iowa Mahaska |
Marion County, Iowa Marion |
Marshall County, Iowa Marshall |
Mills County, Iowa Mills |
Mitchell County, Iowa Mitchell |
Monona County, Iowa Monona |
Monroe County, Iowa Monroe |
Montgomery County, Iowa Montgomery |
Muscatine County, Iowa Muscatine |
O'Brien County, Iowa O'Brien |
Osceola County, Iowa Osceola |
Page County, Iowa Page |
Palo Alto County, Iowa Palo Alto |
Plymouth County, Iowa Plymouth |
Pocahontas County, Iowa Pocahontas |
Polk County, Iowa Polk |
Pottawattamie County, Iowa Pottawattamie |
Poweshiek County, Iowa Poweshiek |
Ringgold County, Iowa Ringgold |
Sac County, Iowa Sac |
Scott County, Iowa Scott |
Shelby County, Iowa Shelby |
Sioux County, Iowa Sioux |
Story County, Iowa Story |
Tama County, Iowa Tama |
Taylor County, Iowa Taylor |
Union County, Iowa Union |
Van Buren County, Iowa Van Buren |
Wapello County, Iowa Wapello |
Warren County, Iowa Warren |
Washington County, Iowa Washington |
Wayne County, Iowa Wayne |
Webster County, Iowa Webster |
Winnebago County, Iowa Winnebago |
Winneshiek County, Iowa Winneshiek |
Woodbury County, Iowa Woodbury |
Worth County, Iowa Worth |
Wright County, Iowa Wright
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