The State of Iowa lies in the Midwest region of the USA and is bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south and Nebraska and South Dakota to the west. Iowa's intensely cultivated rolling plain gradually rises in altitude from the south-east to the north-west. The land is drained by two major rivers: the Mississippi, which forms the eastern boundary of the state, and the Missouri, which provides the southern two-thirds of the western boundary. Numerous tributaries running across Iowa flow into these two rivers. The state has a moist, continental climate.

Iowa is one of the 50 states of the United States of America, located in the Midwest Region of the country. 92% of the state's population is white, and the largest ethnic group in Iowa is the Germans, who make up 35.7% of the state's population. The main sources of income are the Iowa manufacturing, the agriculture and tourism. It is the largest producer of soybeans and ethanol from United States, and has the largest herd pigs in the country. The name comes from the people of the state Native American Iowa who inhabited the region. The first Europeans to explore the region currently are the U.S. state of Iowa were French Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette in 1673, and described the region as green and fertile.