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  1. <text id=93AT0318>
  2. <title>
  3. Iowa--Vital Statistics
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Directory          
  7. Iowa                                                 
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Compact</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Vital Statistics                                                 
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <table>
  16. <row><c format=bold type=a>Nickname<c type=a>The Hawkeye State
  17. <row><c>Motto<c>Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain
  18. <row><c>Flower<c>Wild Rose
  19. <row><c>Bird<c>Eastern Goldfinch
  20. <row><c>Tree<c>Oak
  21. <row><c>Song<c>The Song of Iowa
  22. <row><c>Stone<c>Geode
  23. <row><c>Entered the Union<c>December 28, 1846
  24. <row><c>Capital<c>Des Moines
  25. <row><c format=bold type=a>Land Area (square miles)<c type=a>55,875
  26. <row><c>   Rank in Nation<c>23rd
  27. <row><c>1990 Census Population<c>2,776,755
  28. <row><c>   Rank in Nation<c>30th
  29. <row><c>Density per square mile<c>49.70
  30. <row><c>1992 Estimated Population<c>2,812,000
  31. <row><c>Number of Representatives in Congress<c>5
  32. <row><c>Capital City<c>Des Moines
  33. <row><c>   Population<c>193,187
  34. <row><c>   Rank in State<c>1st
  35. <row><c>Largest City<c>Des Moines
  36. <row><c>Number of Places over 10,000 Population<c>30
  37. </table>
  38. <p>Source: The Book of the States, 1992-93 edition, Vol. 29; The Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY.
  39. </p>
  40. </body>
  41. </article>
  42. </text>
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