A Look at the Early Voting State of Iowa

Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007 | 8:43 a.m.

NUMBERS

Population: 2,982,085

AGE

Median age: 37.8

Percentage of population 65 and over: 14.7 percent

Percentage of population 85 and over: 2.3 percent

RACE

Race: 94.9 percent white, 2.3 percent black, 1.4 percent Asian, 3.7 percent Hispanic or Latino origin.

LANGUAGE:

Language other than English spoken at home: 5.8 percent

EDUCATION

High school graduate: 86.1 percent

Bachelor's degree: 21.2 percent

Advanced degree: 7.4 percent

MONEY

Median household income: $42,865

Families below poverty level: 7.3 percent

Homeownership rate: 72.3 percent

DELEGATES

45 Democratic pledged delegates, 40 Republican (unofficial totals)

ELECTORAL VOTES

Seven

2004 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS

George W. Bush, 50 percent; John Kerry, 49.3 percent

REGISTERED VOTERS

Republican, 574,571

Democratic, 600,572

Undeclared, 737,054

WORK FORCE

Professional and related: 19.1 percent.

Service: 16 percent.

Management, business and financial: 13.5 percent.

Manufacturing: 15.7 percent.

ECONOMY

Gross state product: about $124 billion

- Real estate and rental and leasing: $11.3 billion.

- Manufacturing: $26.1 billion

- Government: $14.3 billion.

- Health care and social assistance: $8.1 billion.

- Retail Trade: $7.5 billion

- Finance and insurance: $15.1 billion

- Professional and technical services: $3.8 billion

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Largest non-government 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 percent 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 percent of the nation's corn for grain and about 16 percent of the nation's soybeans.

- Iowa's total agricultural exports for 2005 topped $4.02 billion, second in the nation.

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Sources: 2006 Census QuickFacts est., 2005 Census QuickFacts, 2004 Census QuickFacts, 2000 Census QuickFacts, 2006 Census American Community Survey, Iowa Secretary of State figures updated Nov. 1, 2007, federal Bureau of Economic Analysis 2006 statistics, Iowa Department of Economic Development 2007 figures.