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Census Maps of Iowa

Iowa: Persons per square mile, 2000 Iowa: White persons, percent, 2000 Iowa: Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 Iowa: American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 Iowa: Persons…

Iowa Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over2,281,274100.0In labor force1,556,58168.2Civilian labor force1,554,72268.2Employed1,489,81665.3Unemployed64,9062.8Percent of civilian…

Iowa Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units1,232,511100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached911,98774.01-unit, attached28,1182.32 units39,3883.23 or 4 units47,6983.95 to 9 units45,1133.710 to 19 units38,…

Iowa Area Codes

Area codes Selected cities319Cedar Rapids, Burlington515Des Moines, Ames563Dubuque, Davenport641Mason City, Ottumwa712Sioux City, Council BluffsSource: North American Numbering Plan Administration.…

Iowa: Temperature Extremes

MonthMaximum°FYearPlaceMinimum°FYearPlaceJan.731950Keokuk–471912WashtaFeb.821972Sidney–471996ElkaderMarch951986Ida Grove–351962Hampton*April1001980Waterloo*–…

Independence

(Encyclopedia) Independence. 1 City (2020 pop. 6,064), seat of Buchanan co., NE Iowa; founded 1847. Located on the Wapsipinicon River, the town's grist…

Henry the Navigator

(Encyclopedia) Henry the Navigator, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal, patron of exploration. Because he fought with extraordinary valor in the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta (1415), he was created duke of…

graveyard school

(Encyclopedia) graveyard school, 18th-century school of English poets who wrote primarily about human mortality. Often set in a graveyard, their poems mused on the vicissitudes of life, the solitude…

Ionian school

(Encyclopedia) Ionian school, pre-Socratic group of Greek philosophers of the 6th and 5th cent. b.c.; most of them were born in Ionia. Its members were primarily concerned with the origins of the…

Manchester school

(Encyclopedia) Manchester school, group of English political economists of the 19th cent., so called because they met at Manchester. Their most outstanding leaders were Richard Cobden and John Bright…