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UNITED STATES : — IOWA

IOWA.

The General Assembly consists of a Senate of 50 and a House of Keprc- 3entatives of 108 members, meeting every tAvo years or an unlimited session. Senators are elected for four years, half of them retiring every second year ; Representatives for two years.

The State is represented in Congress by 2 Senators and 11 Representatives.

Governor.— George W. Clarke, 1913-15 (6,800 dollars). Secretary of State— y^. S. Allen.

Other State officials are a lieut. -Governor, an Auditor, a Treasurer an Attorney- General and a Superintendent of Public Instruction, all elected for

two years. , . -r^ ,, .

Iowa is divided into 99 counties. The State Capital is Des Moines.

Area and Population. —Area, 56,025 square miles (550 square miles

<vater).

Years

White 1

42,924 1,615,099 2,219,160 2,209,693

Negro

Total Per sq. mile

1840 1880 1900 1910

188

9,516

12,693

15,078

43,112 0-2 1,624,615 29-3 2,231,853 40-2 2,224,771 40-0

1 Including Indians and Asiatics.

In 1900 the population by sex and birth was : —

White

Negro

Asiatic

109

2

Indian

Total

Male Female .

1,149,667 1,069,000

6,875 5,8.18

198 184

1,156,849 j 1,075,00-1

Total

2,218,667

12,693

111

382

2,231,853

In 1910 there were 1,148,171 males aud 1,076,600 females.

Of the total population in 1900, 305,920 were foreign-born, 123,162 being German, 29,875 Swedish, 28,321 Irish, 25,634 Norwegian, 21,627 English, 17,102 Danish, and 15,687 Canadian. The State census of 1905 showed a population of 2,210,050 ; the population in 1910 Avas 2,224,771. Of the population over 10 years of age in 1905 the occupation of 40 7 per cent, was agricultural, 6'7 per cent, professional, 8*0 per cent, personal, 16*4 trade or transportation, 16*1 manufacturing, 12'1 unskilled labour.

The largest cities in the State, with their population in 1910, are Des Moines (capital), 86,368; Dubuque, 38,494; Sioux, 47,828; Davenport, 43,028 ; Council Blutfs, 29,292 ; Cedar Rapids, 32,811 ; Burlington, 24,324 ; Clinton, 25,577; Otumwa, 22,012; Keokuk, 14,008; Muscatine, 16,178; Fort Dodge, 15,543 ; Waterloo, 26,693 ; Marshalitown, 13,374 ; Oskaloosa,

9.466.