Iowa, a Midwestern U.S. state, sits between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. It’s known for its landscape of rolling plains and cornfields.
Abbreviation: IA
Capital: Des Moines
Temperature:
Time: 1:00 pm (1 hour behind us)
Nickname: :The Hawkeye State"
the University of Iowa borrowed its athletic nickname from the state many years ago. It is not clear how Iowans became Hawkeyes, but the nickname was first recorded in 1859.
Population: 3.193 million (PA 12.8)
Size: 56,273 sq mi (PA 46,000)
Cost of living: $33,664 (PA $49,040)
The cost of living in Iowa is 9% lower than the national average. Housing is 28% lower than the national average, while utilities are 6% lower. When it comes to basic necessities such as food and clothing, groceries are around 4% lower than in the rest of the country, while clothing costs 4% lower.
Minimum wage: $7.25
Statehood: December 28, 1846
State Flag:
The flag of the state of Iowa is a vertical tricolor flag designed by Dixie Cornell Gebhardt in 1917. Iowa, United States legislators officially adopted the flag in 1921. A vertical tricolor consisting of blue, white, red.The center stripe is twice the width of the other two and contains an eagle holding a ribbon. The design of the Iowa Flag was actually intended to appear very similar to the French Flag. The blue, white and red stripes on the flag are representative of the fact that Iowa was originally part of the French Louisiana Territory.
State Bird:
American Gold Finch
State Flower:
Prairie Rose
State Tree:
Bur oak is the prairie tree species because it was often associated with the prairie-forest border. Because of its relatively thick, fire-resistant bark and natural resistance to drought, it could compete successfully with the prairie grasses. These "oak groves" were favorite home sites for early settlers in Iowa.
State Quarter:
It highlights a one-room schoolhouse with a teacher and students planting a tree, and the inscriptions Foundation in Education and Grant Wood. Iowa's design is based on Arbor Day, a painting by Grant Wood, who was born near Anamosa, Iowa.
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