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Iowa (/ˈaɪ.əwə/ ⓘ EYE-ə-wə, Lakota: Ayúȟwa) 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 to live in.
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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Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (/ˈbaɪdərbɛk/ BY-dər-bek; March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer.
Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone, with such clarity of sound that one contemporary famously described it like "shooting bullets at a bell”. His solos on seminal recordings such as "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927) demonstrate a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz solos are an integral part of the composition. Moreover, his use of extended chords and an ability to improvise freely along harmonic as well as melodic lines are echoed in post-WWII developments in jazz. "In a Mist" (1927) is the best known of Beiderbecke's published piano compositions and the only one that he recorded. His piano style reflects both jazz and classical (mainly impressionist) influences. All five of his piano compositions were published by Robbins Music during his lifetime. (Full article...)Did you know? - load new batch
- ... 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 an Iowa TV station paid Tom Brokaw, a future anchor of NBC Nightly News, $75 a week to work as a staff announcer and part-time newscaster?
- ... that the Iowa Cow War started due to bovine tuberculosis testing?
- ... that Tom Harkin ended his 1992 presidential campaign just one month after he won a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, where he received over three-quarters of the total vote?
- ... 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 1950s Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball player Carl Cain was part of the Fabulous Five, whose jerseys were all retired?
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- Image 2The Union Block building, Mount Pleasant, scene of early civil rights and women's rights activities (from Iowa)
- Image 5Grotto of the Redemption, in Palo Alto County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 10Snake Alley, in Des Moines County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 12Map 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 13Central Iowa cornfield and dairy in June (from Iowa)
- Image 14Schaeffer Hall (University of Iowa, Iowa City) (from Iowa)
- Image 15Lock and Dam No. 14 Historic District, in Scott County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 20Population 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 25Skyline of Des Moines, Iowa's capital and largest city (from Iowa)
- Image 26Phil Hoffman House, in Mahaska County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 27Merchants' National Bank in Poweshiek County, designed by Louis Sullivan (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 28Iowa 2020 Population Density map (from Iowa)
- Image 30Ethnic origins in Iowa (from Iowa)
- Image 31Topography of Iowa, with counties and major streams (from Iowa)
- Image 32Samuel J. Kirkwood, founder of the Iowa Republican Party, abolitionist, and Iowa's Civil War Governor (from Iowa)
- Image 35Iowa in 1718 with the modern state area highlighted (from Iowa)
- Image 36Howes Building, in Clinton County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 37Iowa terrain (from Iowa)
- Image 38Farm in rural Northwest Iowa (from Iowa)
- Image 40The 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 43Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport is the first school of chiropractic in the world. (from Iowa)
- Image 45Iowa's major interstates, larger cities, and counties (from Iowa)
- Image 47The Iowa Great Lakes located primarily in Dickinson County, in the northwestern section of Iowa near the Minnesota border. (from Iowa)
- Image 48Fourth Street Historic District, in Woodbury County (from National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa)
- Image 49Iowa annual rainfall, in inches; as of 2009 (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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