Iowa

Iowa (ⁱ/ˈaɪ.əwə/) is a U.S. state in the Midwastren Unitit States. It is mairchit bi sax states; Wisconsin tae the northeast, Illinois tae the east, Missouri tae the sooth, Nebraska tae the wast, Sooth Dakota tae the northwest, an Minnesota tae the north.

Iowa
State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Iowa Territory
Admittit tae the Union	28 Dizember 1846 (29t)
Lairgest ceety	caipital
Lairgest metro	Des Moines metropolitan aurie
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Kim Reynolds (R)
Legislatur	General Assembly
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	House of Representatives
U.S. senators	Chuck Grassley (R) Joni Ernst (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	1: Rod Blum (R) 2: Dave Loebsack (D) 3: David Young (R) 4: Steve King (R) (leet)
Population
• Total	3,123,899 (2,015 est)<[1]
• Density	21.2/km2 (54.8/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$48075
• Income rank	24t
Leid
Latitude	40° 23′ N tae 43° 30′ N
Longitude	90° 8′ W tae 96° 38′ W

Iowa state seembols
The Banner o Iowa
The Seal o Iowa
Ainimal an Plant insignia
Bird(s)	Eastren goldfinch
Flouer(s)	Wild rose
Grass	Bluebunch wheatgrass
Tree	Bur oak
Inanimate insignia
Motto	Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.
Rock	Geode
Route merker(s)
State Quarter
Released in 2004
Leets o Unitit States state seembols

In colonial times, Iowa wis a pairt o French Louisiana an Spaingie Louisiana; its state banner is patterned efter the banner o Fraunce. Efter the Louisiana Purchase, fowk laid the foondation for an agricultur-based economy in the hert o the Corn Belt.^[2]

In the latter hauf o the 20t century, Iowa's agricultural economy made the transeetion tae a diversifee'd economy o advanced manufacturin, processin, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, an green energy production.^[3][4] Iowa is the 26t maist extensive in laund aurie an the 30t maist populous o the 50 U.S states. Its caipital an lairgest ceety bi population is Des Moines. Iowa has been listed as one of the safest states in which to live.^[5] Its nickname is the Hawkeye State.