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Population

  • Population (2008 estimate)1: 3,002,555
    • Rank among states: 30
  • Population (2000 census)1 :   2,926,324 
    • Rank among states: 30
  • Population (2040 projection)1 : 3,467,386

 

 

Land Area and Urbanization

 

  • Land area and population density (2000)1
    • Land area: 55,869.3 square miles
    • Population density: 52.4 people per square mile
  • Urban and rural population (2000)1
    • Urban: 61.1%
    • Rural (total): 38.9%
    • Rural (farm): 5.9
  • Metropolitan and non-metropolitan population (2006)1,2
    • Metropolitan: 55.2%
    • Non-metropolitan: 44.8%
    • Metropolitan areas: 9 areas comprised of 20 Iowa counties
    • Micropolitan areas: 15 areas comprised of 17 Iowa counties
    • Combined statistical areas: 4 areas comprised of 13 Iowa counties

 

Business and Industry

  • Gross Domestic Product  (2006)3
    • Total (in millions): $123,970
    • By Industry (2006)
      • Manufacturing: $26,068
      • Services: $19,373
      • Finance and insurance: $15,055
      • Government: $14,266
      • Retail trade: $7,537
      • Transportation and warehousing: $4,429
      • Wholesale trade: $7,177
      • Construction: $5,191
      • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting: $4,051
      • Mining: $205
      • Real estate, rental and leasing: $11,312
      • Utilities: $2,451
      • Information: $3,670
      •  Arts, entertainment, and related activities: $1,215
  • Exports (2006)1
    • Top commodity exports (in millions):
      • Tractors - $712
      • Corn Except Seed Corn - $278
      • Meat of Swine, Frozen or Fresh - $244 
    • Top destinations of exports (in millions):
      • Canada - $3,065
      • Mexico -    $1,284
      • Japan -      $656
  • Businesses1
    • Business establishments with employees (2005): 82,087
    • Non-employer business establishments (2005):  192,917
  • Farms4
    • Number of farms (2006): 88,600
    • Acres in farmland (2006): 31,500,000
  • Residential building permits issued (2006)1: 12,879

Employment

  • Unemployment rate (2006)5: 3.7%
  • Employment status (2006)1
    • In labor force: 69.2%
    • Females 16 years and over in labor force: 63.9%
    • Families with own children under 6 years
      • All parents in labor force: 72.0%
  • Employees in nonfarm establishments (2005)5 
    • Total: 1,481,100
      • Wholesale and retail trade: 248,000
      • Manufacturing: 229,600
      • Government: 245,500
      • Financial activities: 98,400
      • Transportation and public utilities: 58,800
      • Construction: 71,200
      • Information: 33,300
      • Professional and business services: 112,700
      • Educational and health services: 195,400
  • Farm operators (2002)4
    • Operators by principal occupation
      • Farming: 80,739
      • Other: 44,140
    • Operators by days worked off farm
      • Any: 69,581
      • 200 days or more: 46,898
  • Commuting to work (2005)1
    • Mean travel time to work (minutes): 18.4

Vital Statistics

  • Births (2007)6
    • Total:  40,835
    • Rate per 1,000 population: 13.7
  • Deaths (2007)6
    • Total: 27,126
    • Rate per 1,000 population:  9.1
  • Marriages (2007)6
    • Total: 19,895
    • Rate per 1,000 population:  6.7
  • Dissolutions (2007)6
    • Total: 7,622
    • Rate per 1,000 population:  2.6

Households and Families

  • Households (2007)1
    •  Number of households: 1,214,353
    •  Average household size (people):  2.37
  • Families (2007)1
    • Number of families: 794,320
    • Average family size (people):   2.91
    • Married couple family with own children under 18 years:  32.4%
    • Single householder with own children under 18 years:  12.9%

 

 

 

General Demographic Characteristics

  • Sex and age (2007)1
    • Male: 49.3%         
    • Female: 50.7%
    • Population under 5 years:  6.6%
    • Population 18 years and over:  76.2%
    • Population 65 years and over:  14.7%
    • Population 85 years and over:   2.4%
    • Median age (years):  38.0
  • Race and Hispanic or Latino (2007)1
    • White alone:   93.9%
    • Black or African American alone:   2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native alone:   0.3%
    • Asian alone:   1.6%
    • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone:    0.01%
    • Two or more races:   1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (of any race):   4.0%
    • White alone, not Hispanic or Latino:   90.5%

 

 

Social Characteristics

 

  • Educational attainment (2007)1
    • High school graduate or higher:  89.6%
    • Bachelor's degree or higher:      24.3%
  • Veteran status (2007)1
    • Civilian veterans:   11.0%
  • Disability status (2007)1
    • Population 5 years and over with a disability:  14.5%
  • Nativity and citizenship (2007)1
    • Native:  96.1%
    • Foreign-born:  3.9%   
      • Naturalized citizen: 34.5%
      • Not a citizen: 65.5%
  • Language spoken at home (2007)1
    • English only: 93.4%
    • Spanish: 3.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander:  1.1%
    • Other:  1.8%
  • Ancestry (single or multiple) (2007)1
    • German:  40.2%
    • Irish:  15.6%
    • Other:  44.2%

 

 

Economic Characteristics

 

  • Income (2007) 1
    • Median household income: $47,292
    • Median family income: $59,587
    • Per capita income: $24,566
  • Median earnings (2007)1
    • Male full-time, year-round workers:    $41,375
    • Female full-time, year-round workers: $30,925
  • Individual poverty status (2007)1
    • Individuals below poverty level:  11.0%
    • Related children under 18 years below poverty level:  13.6%
    • Individuals 65 years and over below poverty level:  7.7%
  • Family poverty status (2007)1
    • Families below poverty level: 7.4%
    • Families with related children under 18 years below poverty level: 12.4%
    • Families with female householder, no husband present, with related children under 18 years below poverty level: 37.1%

 

Housing Characteristics

  • Housing occupancy and tenure (2007)1
    • Total housing units:  1,329,388
    • Owner-occupied:  73.7%
  • Year structure built (2007)1
    • 1990 and later: 20.5%
    • Before 1950: 34.9%
    • Median year built: 1964
  • Rooms (2007)1
    • Median rooms: 5.7
  • Value and owner costs (2007)1
    • Median value of owner-occupied units: $117,900
    • Median selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of household income: 18.5%
  • Gross rent (2007)1
    • Median gross rent of renter-occupied units: $567
    • Median gross rent as a percentage of household income: 26.7%

 

Governmental Units: Counties, Cities, and Townships

  • Counties (2007)1
    • Number of counties: 99
    • Population - Largest: 424,778 - Polk County
    • Population - Smallest: 4,040 - Adams County
    • Land area (2000) - Largest: 973 square miles - Kossuth County
    • Land area (2000) - Smallest: 381.1 square miles - Dickinson County
  • Incorporated places (2006) 1
    • Number of places: 948
    • Population - Largest: 193,886 - Des Moines in Polk County
    • Population - Smallest: 9 - Le Roy in Decatur County
    • Number of census designated places (2000): 5
  • Townships 1
    • Number of townships (2000): 1,660

 

Statistical Units: Census Geography

  • Census Geography 1
    • Census tracts (2000): 793
    • Census block groups (2000): 2,634
    • Census blocks (2000): 168,075

 

Links to More Data About Iowa

 

Data Sources

1

U.S. Census Bureau

 2

U.S. Office of Management and Budget

 3

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

 4

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

 5

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 6

Iowa Department of Public Health

 7 Woods & Poole Economic, Inc.

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