BACKGROUND ON IOWA
Population (2006 est.): 2,982,085
AGE
Median age: 37.8
Percentage of population 65 and over: 14.6%
Percentage of population 85 and over: 2.3%
RACE
93% white, 2.3% black, Asian 4.4%
(ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino origin: 14.8%)
EDUCATION
High school graduate: 88.9%
Bachelor's degree: 24%
MONEY
Median family income (2006): $44,491
Percent of families below poverty level: 7.3%
Homeownership rate: 72.3%
ELECTORAL VOTES
Seven (7)
2004 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS
Bush 50%; Kerry 49.3%
REGISTERED VOTERS (as of Nov. 1, 2007)
R=GOP; D=Dem; NP=No party
R 574,571; D 600,572; NP 737,054
WORK FORCE
Service occupations: 16%
Manufacturing: 15.7%
Professional and related occupations: 19.1%
ECONOMY
Gross state product (2006): $123.97 billion
•Manufacturing: $26.07 billion
•Finance and insurance: $15.06 billion
Major employers: Allied Insurance; Casey's General Stores; Krause Gentle; Custom-Pak Inc.; Deere & Co.; HNI Corp.; Hy-Vee Food Stores; BPI Inc.; Meredith Corp.; Lee Enterprises; Pella Corp.; Pioneer Hi-Bred International; Principal Financial Group; Rockwell Collins; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Winnebago Industries.
IOWA AGRICULTURE QUICK FACTS
•In 2006, Iowa led the nation in the production of pork, corn, soybeans and eggs.
•Iowa ranked third nationally in cash receipts for farm commodities in 2006 at $14.8 billion.
•About 88% of the land area in the state (55,869.36 square miles) is in farms.
•Iowa has about 5 1/2 hogs for every person in the state 16.6 million hogs.
•One in every 3.5 pounds of pork is shipped from an Iowa plant.
•Iowa produces about 19% of the nation's corn for grain and about 16% of the nation's soybeans.
•Iowa's total agricultural exports for 2005 topped $4.02 billion, second in the nation.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (2006 American Community Survey); Iowa Department of Agriculture; USDA, Economic Research Service; Iowa Workforce Development, Iowa Secretary of State; all via Associated Press
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