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Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] is a 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.
The south-eastern part of Iowa Territory became Iowa, the 29th state in the union, on December 28, 1846, [3] by which point 44 counties had been created. Counties continued to be created by the state government until 1857, when the last county, Humboldt County , was created. [ 4 ]
Map of the United States with Iowa highlighted. Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States. As of 2010, there are 943 incorporated cities in the U.S. state of Iowa. According to the 2020 United States Census, Iowa has 3,190,369 inhabitants and 55,857.13 square miles (144,669.3 km 2) of land. [1] Iowa is divided into 99 counties and ...
Topography of Iowa, with counties and major streams Landforms of Iowa, based on Prior (1991) and Calvin (1904), with major rivers and streams. Despite popular perception, Iowa is generally not flat; most of the state consists of rolling hills. Prior [19] divides Iowa into eight landforms based on glaciation, soils, topography, and river drainage:
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 during James K. Polk's presidency. A year before, a proposed northern border went as far as St. Paul, Minnesota.
Des Moines serves as the capital of the U.S. state of Iowa. The metro area consists of six counties in central Iowa: Polk , Dallas , Warren , Madison , Guthrie , and Jasper . [ 2 ] The Des Moines – Ames – West Des Moines Combined Statistical Area (CSA) encompasses the separate metropolitan area of Ames ( Story Country ), and the separate ...
The U.S. State of Iowa currently has 31 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, nine metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Iowa. [1]