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| | | IOWA: The Hawkeye State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.ia.us/ | Capital:
| | Des Moines | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1846 - 29th | | Population: | | 2,966,334 (2005) |
| Density: | | 52.4 persons per sq. mi. (33rd) | | Per Capita Income: | | $128,398 (31th) | | Land Area: | | 56,275 sq mi (23rd) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 0.5 | | Governor: | | Chet Culver |
| Lottery start-up year: | | 1985 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 2,815,051 (94.9%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 109,754 (3.7%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 68,226 (2.3%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 8,899 (0.3%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 41,529 (1.4%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 100 two-year term average district population: 28,000 | | Seats in Senate: | | 50 four-year term | | Number of Constitutions: | | 2 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
Sept. 3, 1857 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 5 | | Curious Facts:
| | Iowa is the only state whose east and west borders are 100% formed by water. Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Quaker Oats, in Cedar Rapids, is the largest cereal company in the world. |
| | | The shortest and steepest railroad in the U. S. is in Dubuque. It is 296 feet long, and rises at an incline of 60 degrees to a height of 189 feet. | | | | Presidential Birthplace: Herbert Hoover | |
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