Iowa

Iowa, a state located in the Midwestern Region of the United States. It is bordered by the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri River on the west. It is bordered on the east by Wisconsin, Illinois, the east and southeast, Missouri, the south, Nebraska, the northwest, South Dakota, the northwest, Minnesota, and Minnesota to its north.

During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt. In the latter half of the 20th century, Iowa’s agricultural economy transitioned to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, and green energy production.