Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
Nickname: Hawkeye State
Origin of name: Probably from an Indian word meaning this is the place, or The Beautiful Land
Ten largest cities (1994):
Des Moines, 193,965;
Cedar Rapids, 113,438;
Davenport, 96,964;
Sioux City, 82,735;
Waterloo, 66,537;
Iowa City, 60,655;
Dubuque, 59,084;
Council Bluffs, 54,850;
Ames, 46,562;
West Des Moines, 37,243
Land area (rank): 55,875 sq mi. (144,716 sq km) (23)
1997 resident population est.: 2,852,423
1990 resident census population (rank): 2,776,755 (30).
Male: 1,344,802; Female: 1,431,953.
White: 2,683,090 (96.6%); Black: 48,090 (1.7%); American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut: 7,349 (0.3%); Asian or Pacific Islander: 25,476 (0.9%); Other race: 12,750 (0.5%); Hispanic: 32,647 (1.2%).
1990 percent population under 18: 25.9; 65 and over: 15.3; median age: 34.0
Contact your USA Volleyball Regional Office for details.
REGIONAL OFFICES: 1. USAV Iowa Region
In in 1996-1997 school year,
404 high schools fielded girls teams with 13,905 girls representing those schools.
0 high schools fielded boys teams with 0 boys representing those schools.
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DIVISION I - WOMENS
University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 Drake University Des Moines IA 50311-4505 Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA 50614DIVISION II - WOMENS
MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE SIOUX CITY IA 51106-1751DIVISION III - WOMENS
Buena Vista University Storm Lake IA 50588-9990 Central College (IA) Pella IA 50219 Clarke College Dubuque IA 52001 Coe College Cedar Rapids IA 52402-5092 Cornell College (IA) Mt. Vernon IA 52314-1098 University of Dubuque Dubuque IA 52001 Grinnell College Grinnell IA 50112 Loras College Dubuque IA 52004-0178 Luther College Decorah IA 52101-1045 Simpson College Indianola IA 50125 Upper Iowa University Fayette IA 52142-1857 Wartburg College Waverly IA 50677-1003 William Penn College Oskaloosa IA 52577DIVISION III - MENS
Clarke College Dubuque IA 52001