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Des Moines County, IA Social Statistics

Des moines county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school10,167100.0Nursery school,…

Des Moines County, IA Economic Statistics

Des moines county iowa dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over33,280100.0In labor force22,16366.6Civilian…

Des Moines County, IA Housing Statistics

Des moines county iowa dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units18,643100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached13,83974.21-unit,…

Halston

(Encyclopedia) Halston, 1932–90, American fashion designer, b. Des Moines, Iowa as Roy Halston Frowick; attended Indiana Univ. and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1958 he moved to New York City,…

Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)

Case SummaryIn 1965, John Tinker, his sister Mary Beth, and a friend were sent home from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. The school had established a policy…

Leachman, Cloris

(Encyclopedia) Leachman, Cloris, 1926-2021, American actress, b. Des Moines, Ia. Leachman began acting in children’s theater when she was seven, and…

Cassius Clay DOWELL, Congress, IA (1864-1940)

DOWELL Cassius Clay , a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm near Summerset, Warren County, Iowa, February 29, 1864; attended the public schools, Baptist College at Des Moines, Iowa, and…

Hubert UTTERBACK, Congress, IA (1880-1942)

UTTERBACK Hubert , a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm near Hayesville, Keokuk County, Iowa, June 28, 1880; attended the rural schools and Hedrick (Iowa) Normal and Commercial College; was…

Robert Kingman GOODWIN, Congress, IA (1905-1983)

GOODWIN Robert Kingman , a Representative from Iowa; born in Des Moines, Iowa, May 23, 1905; attended the public schools; was graduated from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1928 and later…

Iowa, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 IowaIowaīˈəwə [key], midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bounded by the Mississippi River, across which lie Wisconsin and Illinois (E); Missouri (S); Nebraska…