Missouri River to the West, Mississippi River to the East
You can walk across the north and south boundary
3.
Not very mountainous
99 counties
Largest County- Kosseth County
4.
Capital: Des Moines, IA
Population: 3,007,856
Land Area: 55,869 sq miles
Entered Union: December 28, 1846
Motto: Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will
maintain.
Des Moines 5.
Song: The song of Iowa
Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
Tree: Oak
Flower: Wild Rose
Rock: Geode
6.
92% of Iowas land is devoted to Agriculture, which leads the
nation
Iowa leads the nation in production of corn, soybeans, and pork
and is second in the nation in production of eggs
7.
My connection to Iowa is I have LOTS of relatives that live in
Iowa.My mom s whole side lives in Iowa and part of my dads side
lives in Iowa.Iowa is an interestingstate.As I said before, over
90% of their land is devoted to farming.My mom grew up on a farm so
she knows a lot about farming.I love all my relatives in Iowa.
8.
Iowa is one of the few states in the nation without a
professional sports team.They dont really cheer for the
professional teams that often, mainly college.Their main college
teams are the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State
University Cyclones.I personally like both but when they face off
head to head I say go Hawkeyes.
9.
Iowa has four main economy subjects:
Agriculture- Livestock and Crops are huge
Manufacturing-cloth , ham, and breakfast sausages
Mining-lots of limestone
Services-wholesale is huge (Cars, farming machines)