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The population of Iowa went from 2,928,184 to 3,074,186 from 2000 to 2012 for a total growth of 146,002. The population of the United States for that same time period went from 282,171,957 to 313,914,040 for a total population growth of 31,742,083. Iowa had a total percentage growth for those 12 years of 5.0 percent which was slower than the overall United States total percentage growth which was 11.2 over those same years. The trends of growth for both the United States and Iowa can be seen on the logarithmic graph below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Estimates and data of the Resident Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NST-EST2009-01) |
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The race percentages for Iowa are shown with the table and charts below that indicate there have been changes from 2000 to 2012. The percentage of the population of white only has decreased from 92.3 to 88.0. The percent of the black only population has increased from 2.2 to 3.0. The percent of population of hispanic / mixed has increased from 3.1% to 5.3% and other/mixed races have increased from 2.4% to 3.7%.
*Hispanics are technically not considered a race but rather an ethnicity. Representative pie charts for the different races of the Iowa for it's population |
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References: Population Estimates, 2013, United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2010s/index.html List of U.S. states and territories by population, 2013, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population |
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