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 332 IOSCO IOWA Indian tribes, cultivating enough land for their support. They were removed by government in 1859 to the "leased district" on the Washita river near old Fort Oobb, Indian territory, and in 1872 numbered only 85. IOSCO, a N. E. county of the southern penin- sula of Michigan, bordering on Lake Huron and Saginaw bay, intersected by the Au Sable, and drained by the Au Grais river; area, 575 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 3,163. The surface is nearly level, and partly covered with pine for- ests. In 1870 there were 11 saw mills, produ- cing $646,151 worth of lumber, and 1 manufac- tory of ground plaster. Capital, Tawas City. IOWA, one of the interior states of the American Union, and the 16th admitted under the federal constitution, situated between lat. 40 20' and 43 30' N., and Ion. 90 12' and 96 38' W. ; general extent N. and S. 208 m., and E. and W. about 300 m. ; area, 55,045 sq. m. It is bounded N. by Minnesota, E. by the Mis- sissippi, which separates it from Wisconsin State Seal of Iowa. and Illinois, S. by Missouri, and W. by the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers, which separate it from Nebraska and Dakota. The state is divided into 99 counties, viz.: Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas, Da- vis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmett, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jeffer- son, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monona, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, O'Brien, Osceola, Page. Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahon- tas, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Sac, Scott, Shelby, Sioux, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Wash- ington, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Win- neshiek, Woodbury, Worth, Wright. Des YEARS. While. Colored. Total. Rank. 1840 42924 188 48112 28 1350. 191 8S1 888 192214 27 1860. 678,779 1,069 674,913 20 1870. 1,188 207 67ti2 1,194 020 11 Moines is the capital. The cities of Iowa, as reported by the census of 1870, were: Burling- ton, having 14,930 inhabitants; Cedar Falls, 3,070; Cedar Rapids, 5,940; Clinton, 6,129; Council Bluffs, 10,020; Davenport, 20,038; Des Moines, 12,035; Dubuqne, 18,435; Fair- field, 2,226; Fort Dodge, 3,095 ; Fort Madison, 4,011; Glenwood, 1,291; Independence, 2,945; Iowa City, the former capital, 5,914; Keokuk, 12,766; Lyons, 4,088; McGregor, 2,074; Ma- quoketa, 1,756; Marshalltown, 3,218; Musca- tine, 6,718; Oskaloosa, 3,204; Ottumwa, 5,214; Sioux City, 3,401; Waterloo, 4,337; Waverly, 2,291 ; and Winterset, 1,485. The population of Iowa (exclusive of tribal Indians, now num- bering about 300, other Indians being included in the total), according to the federal census, and its rank in the Union, have been as follows : According to the state census of 1873, the pop- ulation had increased to 1,251,333. There were 231,540 dwellings and 238,098 families. The number of persons entitled to vote was 261,205 ; of militia, 190,383 ; of foreigners not naturalized, 26,250. The population of Bur- lington was returned at 20,156 ; Council Bluffs, 10,525 ; Davenport, 20,550 ; Des Moines, 15,061 ; Dubuque, 22,151; Keokuk, 11,761. Of the total population in 1870, 625,917 were males and 568,103 females; 989,328 were of native and 204,692 of foreign birth, including 115,053 males and 89,639 females. Of the native pop- ulation, 428,620 were born in the state, 65,391 in Illinois, 64,083 in Indiana, 14,186 in Ken- tucky, 5,943 in Maine, 5,972 in Maryland, 8,929 in Massachusetts, 8,918 in Michigan, 13,831 in Missouri, 5,057 in New Hampshire, 5,688 in New Jersey, 79,143 in New York, 5,090 in North Carolina, 126,285 in Ohio, 73,435 in Pennsylvania, 12,204 in Vermont, 19,558 in Virginia and West Virginia, and 24,309 in Wisconsin. Of the foreigners, 17,907 were born in British America, 2,827 in Denmark, 3,130 in France, 66,162 in Germany, 16,660 in England, 40,124 in Ireland, 5,248 in Scotland, 1,967 in Wales, 4,513 in Holland, 17,558 in Norway, 10,796 in Sweden, and 3,937 in Switz- erland. The density of population- was 21-69 to a square mile. There were 222,430 families with an average of 5-37 persons to each, and 219,846 dwellings with an average of 5-44 per- sons to each. The increase of population from 1860 to 1870 was 76-91 per cent. The number of male citizens 21 years old and upward was 255,802. There were 394,696 persons from 5 to 18 years of age; the total number attending school was 306,353; 24,115 persons 10 years old and upward were unable to read, and 45,671 could not write; of the latter, 24,979 were of native and 20,692 of foreign birth; 44,146