Iowa - Facts and Figures.

Iowa - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Des Moines December 28, 1846 the 29th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Abbreviation The Hawkeye State Iowans Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain IA LAND Total area 145,744 sq km 56,272 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 26th 144,716 sq km 55,875 sq mi Highest point Osceola County 509 m/1,670 ft Forested land as a share of total area 5.7 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 0.9 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 2,988,046 (2007 estimate) 30th 5.4 percent (1990-2000) 21 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 53 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 61.1 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Des Moines 193,886 (2006) Cedar Rapids 124,417 (2006) D avenport 99,514 (2006) Sioux City 83,148 (2005 estimate) Waterloo 65,998 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 93.9 percent (2000) Blacks 2.1 percent (2000) Asians 1.3 percent (2000) Native Americans 0.3 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 2.4 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 2.8 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 77.3 years (1989-1991) 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 539 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 275 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 10.5 percent (2006) 13.8 (2003) $8,659 (2002-2003) 10 percent (1999) 88.9 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Chet Culver (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 50 members House of Representatives, 100 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 5 Electoral votes 7 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $124 billion (2006) $30,970 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4.6 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.1 percent (2004) Manufacturing Mining Transportation and utilities 20.6 percent (2004) 0.2 percent (2004) 6 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 19.5 percent (2004) G overnment 11.3 percent (2004) Information technology 3 percent (2004) Retail trade 6.5 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 5.8 percent (2004) Other services 18.1 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 1,664,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 3.7 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 11.5 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind Share from hydroelectric 4 percent (2005 estimate) 2.2 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 10.3 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 83.5 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 193 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 57.1 percent (2003 estimate) 9.1 books per person (2002) 183,419 km (2005) 113,971 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,257 km (2005) 781 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 6,350 km (2004) 3,946 mi (2004) Airports 8 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.