Iowa Demographics
| Historical populations |
| Census |
Pop. |
|
%± |
| 1840 |
43,112 |
|
–
|
| 1850 |
192,214 |
|
345.8% |
| 1860 |
674,913 |
|
251.1% |
| 1870 |
1,194,020 |
|
76.9% |
| 1880 |
1,624,615 |
|
36.1% |
| 1890 |
1,912,297 |
|
17.7% |
| 1900 |
2,231,853 |
|
16.7% |
| 1910 |
2,224,771 |
|
-0.3% |
| 1920 |
2,404,021 |
|
8.1% |
| 1930 |
2,470,939 |
|
2.8% |
| 1940 |
2,538,268 |
|
2.7% |
| 1950 |
2,621,073 |
|
3.3% |
| 1960 |
2,757,537 |
|
5.2% |
| 1970 |
2,824,376 |
|
2.4% |
| 1980 |
2,913,808 |
|
3.2% |
| 1990 |
2,776,755 |
|
-4.7% |
| 2000 |
2,926,324 |
|
5.4% |
| Est. 2006 |
2,982,085 |
|
1.9% |
As of 2006, Iowa has an estimated population of 2,982,085, which is an increase of 17,892, or 0.6%, from the prior year and an increase of 55,761 or 1.9%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 53,706 people (that is 197,163 births minus 143,457 deaths) and a decrease due to net migration of 11,754 people out of the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 29,386 people, while migration within the country produced a net loss of 41,140 people.
The center of population of Iowa is located in Marshall County, in the city of Marshalltown [3].
| Demographics of Iowa (csv) |
| By race |
White |
Black |
AIAN |
Asian |
NHPI |
| AIAN is American Indian or Alaskan Native - NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander |
| 2000 (total population) |
96.14% |
2.51% |
0.63% |
1.48% |
0.08% |
| 2000 (Hispanic only) |
2.68% |
0.08% |
0.08% |
0.03% |
0.01% |
| 2005 (total population) |
95.79% |
2.79% |
0.61% |
1.67% |
0.08% |
| 2005 (Hispanic only) |
3.48% |
0.13% |
0.09% |
0.03% |
0.01% |
| Growth 2000-2005 (total population) |
1.01% |
12.55% |
-2.70% |
14.41% |
1.01% |
| Growth 2000-2005 (non-Hispanic only) |
0.12% |
11.13% |
-5.68% |
14.14% |
0.05% |
| Growth 2000-2005 (Hispanic only) |
31.91% |
53.85% |
19.33% |
29.51% |
7.14% |
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2004, Iowa's population included about 97,000 foreign-born (3.3%).
Iowans are mostly of Northern European origin. The eight largest ancestry groups in Iowa are: German (35.7%), Irish (13.5%), English (9.5%), American (6.6%), Norwegian (5.7%), Dutch (4.6%), Swedish (3.3%) and Danish (3.2%)
6.4% of Iowa's population were reported as under the age of five, 25.1% under 18, and 14.9% were 65 or older. Males made up approximately 49.1% of the population.
Rural flight
Iowa, in common with other Midwestern states (especially Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota), is feeling the brunt of rural flight, although Iowa has been gaining population since approximately 1990. 89% of the total number of cities in those states have fewer than 3,000 people; hundreds have fewer than 1,000. Between 1996 and 2004, almost half a million people, nearly half with college degrees, left the six (sic) states.
Religion
Most Iowans are Protestant Christians, with Lutheranism being the largest single Protestant denomination, followed by Methodist. The state has the second largest population of Reformed Christians, both RCA and CRC.
The religious affiliations of the people of Iowa are:
- Christian – 75%
- Protestant – 50%
- Lutheran – 16%
- Methodist – 13%
- Baptist – 5%
- Presbyterian – 3%
- Pentecostal – 2%
- Congregational/United Church of Christ – 2%
- Other Protestant or general Protestant – 11%
- Roman Catholic – 23%
- Other Christian – 1%
- Other Religions – 6%
- Non-Religious – 13%
- Did not answer – 5%
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