Iowa's population grows 2.9 percent
29 Jan 2017
Demographics
Iowa’s population has grown by more than 87,824 since 2010, according to new estimates provided to the State Data Center from the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2016 estimated population of the state is 3,134,693 people.
“Iowa’s population continues it’s slow and steady growth that we have seen for the past few decades,” Gary Krob, coordinator of the State Data Center said.
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