Iowa

Congressional Races:
Districts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Senatorial Races

Population (1994): 2,829,000 (up 1.9% from 1990), 1.1% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 2,112,000; 1994 turnout, 47%

Median age: 34 years

Median household income: $33,079 ($815 above U.S. median)

Unemployment: 3.3% (2.3% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 43%

Bush (R): 37%

Perot (I): 19%

Congressional delegation: One Democrat, six Republicans

The celebration of Iowa's 150th year as a state has been made sweeter by an economic recovery that has given it one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. After its 1980s slump, Iowa lost one of its congressional seats--the five it now claims are the state's smallest delegation since the 1850s. A politically conservative state, it is perhaps no coincidence that John Wayne was born in Iowa and Ronald Reagan once broadcast from there. And its overwhelmingly Republican delegation in Congress could become more so if Jim Lightfoot can unseat native Hawkeye and lone Democratic Congressman Tom Harkin.

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