The Iowa Business Listings: State Government of Iowa

The state government of Iowa is located in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa government consists of legislative (House and Senate), executive and judical branches. The state government oversees the county and city governments. The current governor of Iowa is Tom Vilsack. Iowa is the 29th state of the United States, having joined the union on December 28, 1846. The official name of the state is "State of Iowa", and the U.S. Post Office abbreviation for the state is IA. Iowa is made oup of 99 counties and is bordered by Minnesota on the north, Nebraska and South Dakota on the west, Missouri on the south, and Wisconsin and Illinois on the east. Iowa has about 2.9 million residents. Important cities in Iowa are: Des Moines, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Sioux City, and Council Bluffs.