The State of Iowa Information

The State of Iowa (IA) is a 29th state, former French colony, admitted in December 28, 1846. Iowa is situated in mid-western part of the U.S.A - American Heartland and bordered by Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Iowa's capital and most populos city is Des Moines with 198,682 people. Iowa is 30th state by population estimated in 3,002 thousand and ranked 26th by total area in 56,276 square miles. Highest point of this state is Hawkeye Point 1,670 feet, lowest level is Mississippi River with 480 feet. For Iowans social security numbers started from 478 to 485 digits. Time zone of this state is Central Time Zone UTC-6/DST-5. Unofficial nickname of Iowa is Hawkeye State coming from book of J.F. Cooper. The another symbols are:

State Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
State Flower: Wild Prairie Rose
State Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
State Rock: Geode
State Song is Song of Iowa
State Tree: Northern Red Oak

Iowa State Capitol Address: State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Phone: (515) 281-5211
Fax: (515) 281-6611

More detailed information about the the State of Iowa located in Wikipedia's site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa. Validate information about Iowans you can on official website of state: http://www.iowa.gov