- Nickname: Hawkeye State
- Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we
will maintain
- Flower: Wild rose
- Bird: Eastern goldfinch
- Area: 56,271 square miles (2000; U.S. rank: 26th)
- Elevation: Ranges from 480 feet to 1,670 feet
above sea level
- Climate: Continental, with extremes in
temperature (30 degrees in winter, 100 degrees in summer)
- Admitted to Union: December 28, 1846
- Capital: Des Moines
- Head Official: Governor Tom Vilsack (D) (until
2007)
- Population
- 1980: 2,914,000
- 1990: 2,795,000
- 2000: 2,926,382
- 2004 estimate: 2,954,451
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 5.4%
- U.S. rank in 2004: 30th
- Percent of residents born in state: 74.8% (2000)
- Density: 52.4 people per square mile (2000)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 101,265
- Racial and Ethnic Characteristics (2000)
- White: 2,748,640
- Black or African American: 61,853
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 8,989
- Asian: 36,635
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 1,009
- Hispanic or Latino (may be of any race): 82,473
- Other: 37,420
- Age Characteristics (2000)
- Population under 5 years old: 188,413
- Population 5 to 19 years old: 639,570
- Percent of population 65 years and over: 14.9%
- Median age: 36.6 years (2000)
- Vital Statistics
- Total number of births (2003): 38,243
- Total number of deaths (2003): 28,138 (infant
deaths, 207)
- AIDS cases reported through 2003: 728
- Economy
- Major industries: Manufacturing; agriculture;
finance, insurance, and real estate; trade; services
- Unemployment rate: 5.1% (March 2005)
- Per capita income: $28,398 (2003; U.S. rank:
36th)
- Median household income: $41,985 (3-year average,
2001-2003)
- Percentage of persons below poverty level: 8.5%
(3-year average, 2001-2003)
- Income tax rate: Ranges from 0.36% to 8.98%
- Sales tax rate: 5.0%
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