Portal:Iowa
The Iowa Portal
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 in which to live.
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...)
Selected article -
Cedar Rapids is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa and the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, 20 miles (32 km) north of Iowa City and 128 miles (206 km) northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital. It is a part of the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City region of Eastern Iowa, which includes Linn, Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Jones, Johnson, and Washington counties.
At the 2020 census, the city population was 137,710. The population of the three-county Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of Marion and Hiawatha, was 276,520 in 2020. Cedar Rapids is an economic hub of the state, located at the core of the Interstate 380 corridor. The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is also a part of a combined statistical area with the Iowa City metropolitan area. (Full article...)Did you know? -
- ... that Iowa radio station KFQC was said to change programming and ownership "almost as regularly as dental check-ups are recommended"?
- ... that William Miller Beardshear was known as the "father of Iowa State College", now known as Iowa State University?
- ... that years after it closed, the studios of an Iowa TV station became the headquarters for the state police radio network?
- ... 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 a tradition is for singers of the Iowa Corn Song (audio featured) to raise their arms above their head when the words "tall corn" are sung during the chorus's last line?
- ... that Robert Spencer Finkbine spent 13 years as the superintendent of construction of the Iowa State Capitol?
Related Portals
Subcategories
Related WikiProjects
Things you can do
|
Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
|
General images
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
State flag: | |
State seal: | |
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 |
Commemorative U.S. coin: |
Topics
New articles
Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2024-04-28 20:42 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Carver College (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk · contribs · new pages (245)) started on 2024-04-28, score: 20
- Max Mills (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Vycl1994 (talk · contribs · new pages (14)) started on 2024-04-28, score: 38
- Wilson Davis (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Vycl1994 (talk · contribs · new pages (14)) started on 2024-04-28, score: 36
- Florence Brookhart Yount (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rubystaramaryllis (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2024-04-27, score: 20
- Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Tails Wx (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2024-04-26, score: 35
- Hylodesmum nudiflorum (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Abductive (talk · contribs · new pages (26)) started on 2024-04-27, score: 20
- Mason City High School (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Pppery (talk · contribs · new pages (197)) started on 2024-04-26, score: 50
- Ryan Flournoy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-04-25, score: 36
- I Remember Buddy Holly (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Samchristie05 (talk · contribs · new pages (7)) started on 2024-04-25, score: 20
- Mary Leggett Cooke (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rosiestep (talk · contribs · new pages (26)) started on 2024-04-25, score: 34
- Darrell D. Wiles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Hknerd (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2024-04-24, score: 30
- Theodore Travis (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Harry XBastien (talk · contribs · new pages (13)) started on 2024-04-23, score: 20
- 2016 United States Olympic trials (wrestling) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Hey man im josh (talk · contribs · new pages (1011)) started on 2024-04-23, score: 20
- Ethel Evans (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by SweetSquid (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-04-22, score: 28
- NewspaperArchive.com (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Tajotep (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2024-04-22, score: 20
- Sciola (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Fskel (talk · contribs · new pages (14)) started on 2024-04-21, score: 20
- Comeback Kid (Bridget Kearney album) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jstengel (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-04-21, score: 30
- Bentonsport Bridge (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Dpowers71 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-04-21, score: 34
- Dan Gehlbach (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk · contribs · new pages (245)) started on 2024-04-21, score: 30
- Norman P. Dunlap (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (80)) started on 2024-04-19, score: 60
- Earl E. Kynette (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jengod (talk · contribs · new pages (21)) started on 2024-04-19, score: 20
- Clay B. Whitford (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Roastedbeanz1 (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2024-04-18, score: 40
Associated Wikimedia
The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:
-
Commons
Free media repository -
Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals -
Wikidata
Free knowledge base -
Wikinews
Free-content news -
Wikiquote
Collection of quotations -
Wikisource
Free-content library -
Wikiversity
Free learning tools -
Wikivoyage
Free travel guide -
Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus
Collaborators
This portal is maintained by WikiProject Iowa and the following Wikipedians: