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Iowa: Midwestern state in the United States

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Geography

Iowa is located at 42°0'1"N 93°30'2"W (42.0002654, -93.5004916). It has 6 neighbors: Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and South Dakota.

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The largest city of Iowa is Indiana with a population of 863,002. Other cities include, Des Moines population 214,237, Cedar Rapids population 133,562, Davenport population 101,590 and Sioux City population 82,651. See all Iowa cities & populated places.

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Iowa Quick Facts

Population :	3,155,070
Country :	United States of America
State :	Iowa (United States)
Head of government :	Governor of Iowa
Area :	145746 km²
Water as percent of area :	0.74%
Land as percent of area :	99.26%
Easternmost point :	Point(-96.639344 42.737176)
Northernmost point :	Point(-96.453285 43.500349)
Legislative body :	Iowa General Assembly
Named for :	Iowa people
Official language :	English
Altitude :	958 feet / 292 meters
Capital :	Des Moines
Establishment :	December 12, 1846 (174 years ago)
Time Zone :	America/Chicago, UTC−06:00, Central Time Zone
Local time :	17:20:46 (22nd June 2021)

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Iowa has 6 neighbours.

Missouri state of the United States of America
Illinois state of the United States of America
Minnesota state of the United States of America
Nebraska Nebraska, state of the United States of America. Nebraska is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America alongside Washington DC. Lincoln and its most populated town, Omaha, are its capital. It is located in the country's midwest region, the Central Northwest division, bordering South Dakota on the north, the Missouri River on the east, separating it from Iowa and Missouri, Kansas on the south, Colorado on the southwest, and Wyoming on the west. It is the eighth least densely populated state, with 9.12 inhabitants / km², ahead of the least densely populated Idaho, New Mexico, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska. On March 1, 1867, he was admitted to the Union as the 37th,
Wisconsin state of the United States of America
South Dakota state of the United States of America

Polk County
Audubon County
Muscatine County
Sac County
Greene County
Chickasaw County
Cass County
Clinton County
Butler County
Ida County
Webster County
Black Hawk County
Benton County
Hancock County
Calhoun County
Tama County
Lee County
Des Moines County
Guthrie County
Madison County
Poweshiek County
Decatur County
Lyon County
Ringgold County
Lucas County
Dubuque County
Hardin County
Story County
Monona County
Delaware County
Davis County
Winnebago County
Wayne County
Montgomery County
Floyd County
Emmet County
Humboldt County
Mahaska County
Warren County
Buena Vista County
Adair County
Wapello County
Howard County
Harrison County
Union County
Monroe County
Adams County
Winneshiek County
Woodbury County
Cerro Gordo County
Van Buren County
Scott County
Crawford County
Pocahontas County
Linn County
Appanoose County
Franklin County
Jones County
Clay County
Jackson County
Carroll County
Louisa County
Hamilton County
Palo Alto County
Marshall County
Plymouth County
Allamakee County
Mitchell County
Worth County
Buchanan County
Page County
Boone County
Cherokee County
Kossuth County
Marion County
Henry County
Jasper County
Osceola County
Cedar County
Jefferson County
Mills County
Dickinson County
Washington County
Sioux County
Shelby County
Taylor County
Clayton County
O'Brien County
Iowa County
Dallas County
Fayette County
Fremont County
Bremer County
Johnson County
Clarke County
Grundy County
Keokuk County
Pottawattamie County
Wright County

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1910	2,224,771	-	census
1920	2,404,021	7.46%	census
1930	2,470,939	2.71%	census
1940	2,538,268	2.65%	census
1950	2,621,073	3.16%	census
1960	2,757,537	4.95%	census
1970	2,824,376	2.37%	census
1980	2,913,808	3.07%	census
1990	2,776,755	-4.94%	census
2000	2,926,324	5.11%	census
2010	3,046,355	3.94%	census
2011	3,066,336	0.65%	estimation process
2012	3,076,190	0.32%	estimation process
2013	3,092,997	0.54%	estimation process
2014	3,109,350	0.53%	estimation process
2015	3,120,960	0.37%	estimation process
2016	3,131,371	0.33%	estimation process
2017	3,141,550	0.32%	estimation process
2018	3,148,618	0.22%	estimation process
2019	3,155,070	0.2%	estimation process

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People born in Iowa (199)

People born in Iowa, including tractor developer John Froelich, Olympic wrestler Glen Brand, writer Marlo Morgan, you can see a list of people who born in Iowa.

A. Wallis Lloyd (German-American writer)
Rex Taylor (screenwriter)
Winton Hoch (cinematographer)
Kiersten Warren (American actress)
Sarah Utterback (American actress)
Thomas Braden (American journalist)
Marilyn Eastman (American actress)
Carl Magee (American lawyer and publisher)
Amotz Plessner (American composer)
Paul McCracken (American economist)
Eugene Burton Ely (American aviation pioneer)
Edwin H. Colbert (American paleontologist)
Archie Stout (American cinematographer)
Lawrence Sullivan Ross (Governor of Texas, Confederate States of America general, Texas A&M University president (1838-1898))
Patty Waters (American jazz musician)
Charles Edward Merriam (American political scientist)
John H. Morehead (American politician (1861-1942))
Eddie Barefield (American musician)

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Largest Cities in Iowa (more)

Cities, Towns, Villages, Neighborhoods & Other Populated Places in Iowa.

City Name	Title	County	Population
Iowa	Midwestern state in the United States		3,155,070
Indiana	City in and county seat of Marion County, Indiana, United States and the Indiana federated state capital city	Marion	863,002
Des Moines	City in and county seat of Polk County, Iowa, United States, and Iowa federated state capital city	Polk	214,237
Cedar Rapids	City in Iowa	Linn	133,562
Davenport	County seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States	Scott	101,590
Sioux City	City in Iowa, United States of America	Woodbury	82,651
Iowa City	City in Johnson County, Iowa	Johnson	75,130
West Des Moines	City in Polk County, Iowa, United States	Polk	67,899
Ankeny	Suburb in Iowa	Polk	67,355
Waterloo	City in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States	Black Hawk	67,328
Ames	City in Iowa, United States	Story	66,258
Council Bluffs	City in Iowa	Pottawattamie	62,166
Dubuque	City in and county seat of Dubuque, Iowa, United States	Dubuque	57,882
Urbandale	City in Polk and Dallas counties, Iowa, United States	Polk	44,379
Cedar Falls	City in Black Hawk County, Iowa	Black Hawk	40,536
Marion	City in Linn County, Iowa, United States	Linn	40,359

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Iowa Counties (more)

Towns, Neighborhoods & Other Populated

County Name	Population
Polk County	490,161
Linn County	226,706
Scott County	172,943
Johnson County	151,140
Black Hawk County	131,228
Woodbury County	103,107
Dubuque County	97,311
Story County	97,117
Dallas County	93,453
Pottawattamie County	93,206
Warren County	51,466
Clinton County	46,429
Muscatine County	42,664
Cerro Gordo County	42,450
Marshall County	39,369
Des Moines County	38,967