Population Growth In Iowa

History of Iowa

Period: Sep 16, 1800 to Sep 16, 2014

Joins USA

Apr 30, 1803

Lousiana purchase

population:10,531

Jan 1, 1836

population: 22,859

Jan 1, 1838

Became a Territory

Jul 4, 1838

Iowa becomes a Territory

population: 43,112

Jan 1, 1840

Becomes a State

Dec 28, 1846

Date of Statehood

population: 192,214

Jan 1, 1850

First interstate railroad

Jan 1, 1856

Railroad crosses the mississippi

population: 674,913

Jan 1, 1860

Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

Civil War Ends

Apr 9, 1865

Civil War ends

population:1,194,020

Jan 1, 1870

population:1,624,615

Jan 1, 1880

population:1,912,297

Jan 1, 1890

population: 2,231,853

Jan 1, 1900

population:2,231,853

Jan 1, 1900

population:2,224,771

Jan 1, 1910

World War I

Period: Apr 7, 1917 to Nov 11, 1918

WWI ends

Nov 11, 1918

world war 1 ends

population: 2,404,021

Jan 1, 1920

population: 2,470,939

Jan 1, 1930

population: 2,538,268

Jan 1, 1940

World War II

Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945

WWII ends

Sep 2, 1945

WWII Ends

population:2,621,073

Jan 1, 1950

population: 2,757,537

Jan 1, 1960

population: 2,824,376

Jan 1, 1970

population: 2,913,808

Jan 1, 1980

Farm Crisis and recession

Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Jan 1, 1990

2,776,755

Jan 1, 1990

1990 population

population :2,926,324

Jan 1, 2000

Population =3,046,857

Jan 1, 2010

population=3,090,416

Jan 1, 2013

Iowa population 2013