Country United States
Before statehood American Indians of Iowa
Iowa Territory
Admitted to the Union December 28, 1846 (29th)
Capital
(and largest city) Des Moines
Largest metro and urban areas Des Moines[a]
Government
• Governor Kim Reynolds (R)
• Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg (R)
Legislature Iowa General Assembly
• Upper house Senate
• Lower house House of Representatives
Judiciary Iowa Supreme Court
U.S. senators Chuck Grassley (R)
Joni Ernst (R)
U.S. House delegation 1: Ashley Hinson (R)
2: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
3: Cindy Axne (D)
4: Randy Feenstra (R) (list)
Area[2]
• Total 55,857.1 sq mi (144,669.2 km2)
• Rank 26th
Dimensions
• Length 310 mi (499 km)
• Width 240 mi (322 km)
Elevation 1,100 ft (340 m)
Highest elevation (Hawkeye Point[3][b]) 1,671 ft (509 m)
Lowest elevation (Confluence of Mississippi River and Des Moines River[3][b]) 480 ft (146 m)
Population (2022)
• Total 3,190,369[4]
• Rank 31st
• Density 57.1/sq mi (22.0/km2)
• Rank 36th
• Median household income $61,691[5]
• Income rank 30th
Demonym Iowan
Language
• Official language English
Time zone UTC−06:00 (Central)
• Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (CDT)
USPS abbreviation
IA
ISO 3166 code US-IA
Latitude 40° 23′ N to 43° 30′ N
Longitude 90° 8′ W to 96° 38′ W
Website www.iowa.gov
Major cities in Iowa:
- Ackley Ackworth Adair Adel Afton Agency Ainsworth Akron Albert City Albia Albion Alburnett Alden Alexander Algona Alleman Allerton Allison Alta Alta Vista Alton Altoona Alvord Ames Anamosa Andover Andrew Anita Ankeny Anthon Aplington Arcadia Archer Aredale Arion Arispe Arlington Armstrong Arnolds Park Arthur Asbury Ashton Aspinwall Atalissa Athelstan Atkins Atlantic Auburn Audubon Aurelia Aurora Avoca Ayrshire
- Badger Bagley Baldwin Balltown Bancroft Bankston Barnes City Barnum Bassett Batavia Battle Creek Baxter Bayard Beacon Beaconsfield Beaman Beaver Bedford Belle Plaine Bellevue Belmond Bennett Benton Berkley Bernard Bertram Berwick Bettendorf Bevington Birmingham Blairsburg Blairstown Blakesburg Blanchard Blencoe Blockton Bloomfield Blue Grass Bode Bonaparte Bondurant Boone Booneville Bouton Boxholm Boyden Braddyville Bradford Bradgate Brandon Brayton Breda Bridgewater Brighton Bristow Britt Bronson Brooklyn Brunsville Buckeye Buck Grove Buffalo Buffalo Center Burlington Burt Bussey
- Calamus Callender Calmar Calumet Camanche Cambridge Cantril Carbon Carlisle Carpenter Carroll Carson Carter Lake Cascade Casey Castalia Castana Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Center Junction Center Point Centerville Central City Centralia Chariton Charles City Charlotte Charter Oak Chatsworth Chelsea Cherokee Chester Chillicothe Churdan Cincinnati Clare Clarence Clarinda Clarion Clarksville Clayton Clearfield Clear Lake Cleghorn Clemons Clermont Clinton Clio Clive Clutier Coalville Coburg Coggon Coin Colesburg Colfax College Springs Collins Colo Columbus City Columbus Junction Colwell Conesville Conrad Conway Coon Rapids Coppock Coralville Corning Correctionville Corwith Corydon Cotter Coulter Council Bluffs Craig Crawfordsville Crescent Cresco Creston Cromwell Crystal Lake Cumberland Cumming Curlew Cushing Cylinder
- Dakota City Dallas Center Dana Danbury Danville Davenport Davis City Dawson Dayton De Soto De Witt Decatur City Decorah Dedham Deep River Defiance Delaware Delhi Delmar Deloit Delphos Delta Denison Denver Derby Des Moines Dexter Diagonal Dickens Dike Dixon Dolliver Donahue Donnellson Doon Douds Dougherty Dow City Dows Drakesville Dubuque Dumont Duncombe Dundee Dunkerton Dunlap Durango Durant Dyersville Dysart
- Eagle Grove Earlham Earling Earlville Early East Peru Eddyville Edgewood Elberon Eldon Eldora Eldridge Elgin Elkader Elkhart Elk Horn Elkport Elk Run Heights Elliott Ellston Ellsworth Elma Ely Emerson Emmetsburg Epworth Essex Estherville Evansdale Everly Exira Exline
- Fairbank Fairfax Fairfield Farley Farmersburg Farmington Farnhamville Farragut Fayette Fenton Ferguson Fertile Floris Floyd Fonda Fontanelle Forest City Fort Atkinson Fort Dodge Fort Madison Fostoria Franklin Fraser Fredericksburg Frederika Fredonia Fremont Fruitland
- Galt Galva Garber Garden Grove Garnavillo Garner Garrison Garwin Geneva George Gibson Gilbert Gilbertville Gillett Grove Gilman Gilmore City Gladbrook Glenwood Glidden Goldfield Goodell Goose Lake Gowrie Graettinger Graf Grafton Grand Junction Grand Mound Grand River Grandview Granger Grant Granville Gravity Gray Greeley Greene Greenfield Greenville Grimes Grinnell Griswold Grundy Center Gruver Guernsey Guthrie Center Guttenberg
- Halbur Hamburg Hamilton Hampton Hancock Hanlontown Hansell Harcourt Hardy Harlan Harper Harpers Ferry Harris Hartford Hartley Hartwick Harvey Hastings Havelock Haverhill Hawarden Hawkeye Hayesville Hazleton Hedrick Henderson Hepburn Hiawatha Hills Hillsboro Hinton Holland Holstein Holy Cross Hopkinton Hornick Hospers Houghton Hubbard Hudson Hull Humboldt Humeston Huxley
- Ida Grove Imogene Independence Indianola Inwood Ionia Iowa City Iowa Falls Ireton Irwin
- Jackson Junction Jamaica Janesville Jefferson Jesup Jewell Junction Johnston Joice Jolley
- Kalona Kamrar Kanawha Kellerton Kelley Kellogg Kensett Kent Keokuk Keomah Village Keosauqua Keota Keswick Keystone Kimballton Kingsley Kinross Kirkman Kirkville Kiron Klemme Knierim Knoxville
- Lacona Ladora Lake City Lake Mills Lake Park Lakeside Lake View Lakota Lambs Grove Lamoni Lamont La Motte Lanesboro Lansing La Porte City Larchwood Larrabee Latimer Laurel Laurens Lawler Lawton Le Claire Leando Ledyard Le Grand Lehigh Leighton Leland Le Mars Lenox Leon Le Roy Lester Letts Lewis Libertyville Lidderdale Lime Springs Lincoln Linden Lineville Linn Grove Lisbon Liscomb Littleport Little Rock Little Sioux Livermore Lockridge Logan Lohrville Lone Rock Lone Tree Long Grove Lorimor Lost Nation Lovilia Lowden Low Moor Luana Lucas Luther Lu Verne Luxemburg Luzerne Lynnville Lytton
- McCallsburg McCausland McClelland Macedonia McGregor McIntire Macksburg Madrid Maharishi Vedic City Magnolia Malcom Mallard Maloy Malvern Manchester Manilla Manly Manning Manson Mapleton Maquoketa Marathon Marble Rock Marcus Marengo Marion Marne Marquette Marshalltown Martelle Martensdale Martinsburg Marysville Mason City Masonville Massena Matlock Maurice Maxwell Maynard Maysville Mechanicsville Mediapolis Melbourne Melcher-Dallas Melrose Melvin Menlo Meriden Merrill Meservey Middletown Miles Milford Millersburg Millerton Millville Milo Milton Minburn Minden Mingo Missouri Valley Mitchell Mitchellville Modale Mondamin Monmouth Monona Monroe Montezuma Monticello Montour Montrose Moorhead Moorland Moravia Morley Morning Sun Morrison Moulton Mount Auburn Mount Ayr Mount Pleasant Mount Sterling Mount Union Mount Vernon Moville Murray Muscatine Mystic
- Nashua Nemaha Neola Nevada New Albin Newell Newhall New Hampton New Hartford New Liberty New London New Market New Providence New Sharon Newton New Vienna New Virginia Nichols Nodaway Nora Springs Northboro North Buena Vista North English North Liberty North Washington Northwood Norwalk Norway Numa
- Oakland Oakland Acres Oakville Ocheyedan Odebolt Oelwein Ogden Okoboji Olds Olin Ollie Onawa Onslow Orange City Orchard Orient Orleans Osage Osceola Oskaloosa Ossian Osterdock Otho Oto Ottosen Ottumwa Owasa Oxford Oxford Junction Oyens
- Pacific Junction Packwood Palmer Palo Panama Panora Panorama Park Parkersburg Parnell Paton Patterson Paullina Pella Peosta Perry Persia Peterson Pierson Pilot Mound Pioneer Pisgah Plainfield Plano Pleasant Hill Pleasanton Pleasant Plain Pleasantville Plover Plymouth Pocahontas Polk City Pomeroy Popejoy Portsmouth Postville Prairieburg Prairie City Prescott Preston Primghar Princeton Promise City Protivin Pulaski
- Quasqueton Quimby
- Radcliffe Rake Ralston Randalia Randall Randolph Rathbun Raymond Readlyn Reasnor Redding Redfield Red Oak Reinbeck Rembrandt Remsen Renwick Rhodes Riceville Richland Rickardsville Ricketts Ridgeway Rinard Ringsted Rippey Riverdale Riverside Riverton Robins Rock Falls Rockford Rock Rapids Rock Valley Rockwell Rockwell City Rodman Rodney Roland Rolfe Rome Rose Hill Rossie Rowan Rowley Royal Rudd Runnells Russell Ruthven Rutland Ryan
- Sabula Sac City Sageville St. Ansgar St. Anthony St. Charles St. Donatus St. Lucas St. Marys St. Olaf St. Paul Salem Salix Sanborn Sandyville Scarville Schaller Schleswig Scranton Searsboro Sergeant Bluff Seymour Shambaugh Shannon City Sharpsburg Sheffield Shelby Sheldahl Sheldon Shell Rock Shellsburg Shenandoah Sherrill Shueyville Sibley Sidney Sigourney Silver City Sioux Center Sioux City Sioux Rapids Slater Sloan Smithland Soldier Solon Somers South English Spencer Spillville Spirit Lake Spragueville Springbrook Spring Hill Springville Stacyville Stanhope Stanley Stanton Stanwood State Center Steamboat Rock Stockport Stockton Storm Lake Story City Stout Stratford Strawberry Point Struble Stuart Sully Sumner Superior Sutherland Swaledale Swan Swea City Swisher
- Tabor Tama Templeton Tennant Terril Thayer Thompson Thor Thornburg Thornton Thurman Tiffin Tingley Tipton Titonka Toledo Toronto Traer Treynor Tripoli Truesdale Truro Turin
- Udell Underwood Union Unionville University Heights University Park Urbana Urbandale Ute
- Vail Valeria Van Horne Van Meter Van Wert Varina Ventura Victor Villisca Vincent Vining Vinton Volga
- Wadena Wahpeton Walcott Walford Walker Wallingford Wall Lake Walnut Wapello Washington Washta Waterloo Waterville Waucoma Waukee Waukon Waverly Wayland Webb Webster Webster City Weldon Wellman Wellsburg Welton Wesley West Bend West Branch West Burlington West Chester West Des Moines Westfield Westgate West Liberty West Okoboji Westphalia West Point Westside West Union Westwood What Cheer Wheatland Whiting Whittemore Whitten Willey Williams Williamsburg Williamson Wilton Windsor Heights Winfield Winterset Winthrop Wiota Woden Woodbine Woodburn Woodward Woolstock Worthington Wyoming
- Yale Yetter Yorktown
- Zearing Zwingle