Quick Facts
Capital City: Des Moines
Abbreviation: IA
Population (2019): 3,155,070; Rank: 31 of 50 | Population Quick Facts
Region: Midwest
Admission to Statehood: December 28, 1846 (29th State)
State Motto: “Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights We will Maintain”
State Nickname: Hawkeye State
Origin of State Name: The word “Iowa” comes form the American Indian tribe of the same name.
Area Codes: 319, 515, 563, 641, 712
Zip Codes: Iowa Zip Codes
State Symbols
Bird: Eastern Goldfinch | List of State Birds
Flag: Iowa Flag– Having three vertical stripes blue, white and red the Iowa flag resembles the flag of France. On the white stripe is a bald eagle carrying a blue streamer in its beak. The state motto “Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights We will Maintain” is written on the streamer. The name of the state is emblazoned in red letters. Flag adopted 1921. Get this Flag
Flower: Wild Prairie Rose (Rosa pratincola) | Other State Flowers
Soil: Tama
Song: “The Song of Iowa” | Words by: S.H.M. Byers | To the music of Tanenbaum Other State Songs | Sheet Music
Tree: Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) | Other State Trees
Quarter: Iowa Quarter – Details on the quarter are Schoolhouse, teacher and students planting a tree and the words “Foundation in Education” | List of State Quarters
Geography
Area: Area: 56,276 sq.mi (145,754 sq.km.), 26th
Land: 55,875 sq.mi. (144,716 sq.km.), 23rd
Water: 401 sq.mi. (1,039 sq.km.), 44th
Largest Cities: Des Moines | Cedar Rapids | Sioux City | Waterloo | Iowa City | Council Bluffs | Ames | Dubuque | Ankeny
Border States: Illinois | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska | South Dakota | Wisconsin | List of US Regions
Highest Point: Hawkeye Point ; 1,670 feet, (509 m), 42nd tallest
Lowest Point: Iowa; 320 feet, 34th lowest
Geographic Center: Story, 5 mi northeast of Ames
National Parks:
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Location:
Absolute Center: 41°57.7N / 93°23.1’W
Relative Center: Story, 5 mi northeast of Ames
Distance Between U.S. Cities
State Government
Economy
Agriculture: Hogs, corn, soybeans, oats, cattle, dairy products.
Industry: Food processing, machinery, electric equipment, chemical products, printing and publishing, primary metals.
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