Iowa "Come Be Our Guest"

Cedar Rapids Real Estate
Des Moines Real Estate

Admitted to Union: December 28, 1846
Capital: Des Moines
Nickname: Hawkeye State, Corn State, Land of the Rolling Prairie
Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
Total Area: 56,276 square miles
Total Land Area: 55,875 square miles
Total Water Area: 401 square miles
Length: 310 miles
Width: 200 miles
Highest Point: 1,670 feet (Sec. 29, T100N,R41W, Osceoloa County)
Lowest Point: 480 feet (Mississippi River)
Mean Elevation: 1,100 feet
Highest Temp: 118 degrees on July 20, 1934 at Keokuk
Lowest Temp: -47 degrees on January 12, 1912 at Washta
Highest Monthly Avg Temp: 86.2 degrees
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp: 6.3 degrees
Population: (U.S. Census, April, 2000) 2,926,324