Iowa's Midwest Location

	Interstates and major highways cross Iowa north to south and east to west.

It's true! Iowa is in the middle of it all. Sitting in the center of an eight-state market of nearly one million businesses and thirty-five million people, Iowa's midwest location offers a distinct advantage to businesses with markets and suppliers in the middle part of the country, or a central location to the east and west coasts.

Iowa was rated 5th-best state in the nation to raise a child in 2006 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and ranks 9th in the nation for number of state parks, recreational areas and natural areas. (Morgan Quinto, 2007)