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    City Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key demographic, economic, social, and community characteristics for cities in Iowa.

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    County Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key demographic, economic, social, and community characteristics for counties in Iowa.

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    County Health Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key health risk factors, conditions, status, providers and socioeconomic factors for counties in Iowa.

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    County Housing Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key housing conditions, affordability measures, and housing market characteristics for counties in Iowa.

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    County Youth & Families Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key demographic, economic, social, and community characteristics of Iowa.

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    State Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key demographic, economic, social, and community characteristics of Iowa.

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    City Data for Decision Makers User Guide

    An overview with background information and additional resources for the topics and indicators provided in the City DDM.

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    County Data for Decision Makers User Guide

    An overview with background information and additional resources for the topics and indicators provided in the County DDM.

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    County Health Data for Decision Makers User Guide

    An overview with background information and additional resources for the topics and indicators in the health DDM.

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    Extension Region Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key demographic, economic, social, and community characteristics for ISU Extension and Outreach Regions.

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    Iowa House District Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key demographic, economic, social, and community characteristics for Iowa House legislative districts.

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    Iowa Senate District Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key demographic, economic, social, and community characteristics for Iowa Senate legislative districts.

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    U.S. Congressional District Data for Decision Makers

    A profile of key demographic, economic, social, and community characteristics for U.S. Congressional Districts in Iowa.

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    City Retail Trade Analysis

    Reports that provide data on the local retail conditions in Iowa's cities.

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    County Retail Trade Analysis

    Reports that provide data on the local retail conditions in Iowa's counties.

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    Health Dashboard

    An interactive dashboard showing health indicators for counties and the state of Iowa.

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    Housing Dashboard

    An interactive dashboard showing housing indicators for counties and the state of Iowa.

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    Income & Poverty Dashboard

    An interactive dashboard showing income and poverty indicators for counties and the state of Iowa.

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    Population & Demographics Dashboard

    An interactive dashboard showing population and demographics indicators for counties and the state of Iowa.

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    Workforce & Jobs Dashboard

    An interactive dashboard showing indicators on workforce and jobs for counties and the state of Iowa.

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    City Annual Fiscal Conditions Reports

    Reports showing legislative updates, socioeconomic conditions, and revenues & expenditures trends for Iowa’s cities.

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    City General Fund Revenues and Expenditures Reports

    Reports provide a breakdown of city revenues and expenditures, in aggregate, by population ranges, and by individual community.

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    County Annual Fiscal Conditions Reports

    Reports showing legislative updates, socioeconomic conditions, and revenue & expenditure trends for Iowa’s counties.

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    Outstanding Debt Obligation Reports

    Reports break down the categories for which cities in Iowa hold debt in fiscal year 2020 reporting.

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    The Dollar Bill Planning Tool

    An Interactive dashboard that enables users to plan and visualize budgeted expenditures.

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    The Dollar Bill Tool

    An interactive dashboard that visually represents how each dollar of city revenue is allocated across budget categories.

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    K-12 English Learners by County

    An interactive dashboard showing the number of English learners by language at the county level with trends over time.

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    K-12 English Learners by School District

    An interactive dashboard showing the number of English learners by language and school district.

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    Language Spoken at Home

    An interactive dashboard showing languages spoken other than English at the county level.

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    Languages Spoken in Iowa by K-12 English Learners

    A map showing the world languages spoken by K-12 English learners by Counties in Iowa.

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    Migration to Iowa by Birth Country

    An interactive dashboard showing the country of origin for foreign-born individuals living in Iowa and trends over time.

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    Educational Attainment in Iowa: 1940 – 2021

    Eighty years of education levels for Iowans are analyzed for the state and counties through visuals and tables.

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    Income Trends in Iowa: 1949 – 2023

    This report provides, through visuals and tables, an overview of Iowa’s statewide and county-level income trends.

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    Iowa Housing Trends: 1940 – 2017

    This housing report explores trends for Iowa, both statewide and county-level, with maps, visuals, and tables.

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    Population in Iowa, 1840 – 2020

    Iowa’s statewide trends in total population since 1840 are charted in this report.

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    Population in Iowa’s Counties, 2000 – 2020

    County-level total population changes in Iowa since the year 2000 are analyzed with maps and tables.

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    Population in Iowa’s Extension Regions, 2000 – 2020

    This report reviews, with maps and tables, total population changes since the year 2000 in Iowa’s Extension regions.

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    Population in the United States, 2000 – 2020

    U.S. and state total population changes since the year 2000 are analyzed using visuals and tables.

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    Race and Hispanic Origin in Iowa, 1980 - 2020

    Visual and tables show Iowa’s forty-year population trends in race and Hispanic Origin.

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    Race and Hispanic or Latino in Iowa’s Counties, 2000 - 2020

    Twenty years of county-level trends in race and Hispanic Origin in Iowa are reviewed with maps and tables.

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    Urban and Rural Population in Iowa’s Counties, 1940 - 2020

    Iowa’s statewide and county-level urban and rural populations are analyzed for sixty years with visuals and tables.

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    City Data, Decennial Census 2020

    This Excel file shows the 2020 and 2010 populations for Iowa’s cities along with numerical and percentage change.

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    County Data, Decennial Census 2020

    This Excel file shows the 2020 and 2010 populations for Iowa’s counties along with numerical and percentage change.

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    Decennial Census Population Counts

    Historical counts of the total population for U.S. states, Iowa’s counties, and Iowa’s incorporated cities by decade from 1850-2020.

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    Detailed Census Counts by Hispanic Origin and Race Group 1980-2010

    Total population by race group and race group breakouts by Hispanic origin for Iowa’s counties for 1980-2010.

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    Elderly Percentage of the Population, Historical

    Percentage of the total population age 65 years or older in Iowa’s counties by decade from 1930-2010.

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    Urban Percentage of the Population, Historical

    Percentage of the total population living in areas designated as “urban” in Iowa’s counties and states by decade from 1900-2010.

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    Apples Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Apples across the U.S.

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    Avocados Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Avocados across the U.S.

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    Cheese Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Cheese across the U.S.

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    Cherries Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Cherries across the U.S.

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    Cranberries Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Cranberries across the U.S.

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    Edible Insects

    Report on innovative value-added product with a focus on market potential, production considerations and opportunities for sustainable economic growth.

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    Fermented Products

    Report on innovative value-added product with a focus on market potential, production considerations and opportunities for sustainable economic growth.

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    Grapes Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Grapes across the U.S.

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    Honey Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Honey across the U.S.

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    Lettuce Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Lettuce across the U.S.

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    Macadamia Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Macadamia Nuts across the U.S.

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    Millet Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Millet across the U.S.

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    Nut and Seed Butters

    Report on innovative value-added product with a focus on market potential, production considerations and opportunities for sustainable economic growth.

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    Pea Protein

    Report on innovative value-added product with a focus on market potential, production considerations and opportunities for sustainable economic growth.

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    Pecans Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Pecans across the U.S.

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    Potatoes Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Potatoes across the U.S.

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    Strawberries Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Strawberries across the U.S.

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    Sweet Corn Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Sweet Corn across the U.S.

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    Tomatoes Commodity Report

    Reports on production, pricing, market and consumer trends for Tomatoes across the U.S.

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    1875 Andreas Atlas

    Historical map layer provided and hosted by the Iowa Geographic Map Server.

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    ArcGIS Pro: ArcGIS and Python

    In this tutorial, you will run a python script that counts the number of points within a polygon.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Changing Text Case

    This task sheet will go through the process of changing the text case using the field calculator and Python functions.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Connecting to ArcGIS Server

    In this tasksheet you will be connecting to a REST Service and downloading data.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Connecting to Web Map Services

    In this tutorial, you will be using Web Map Services (WMS) in ArcGIS Pro by connecting to the Iowa Geographic Map Server (Orthoserver).

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    ArcGIS Pro: Creating a Layout

    In this tutorial you will learn how to create and export a layout in ArcGIS Pro.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Creating a Spatial Map Series

    This task sheet will utilize the Map Series tool to create a spatial map series.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Creating Random Points

    In this tutorial, you will create random points with tools in ArcGIS Pro.

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    ArcGIS Pro Field Calculations: Area and Length

    In this tutorial, you will practice adding a field to an attribute table and learn how to calculate area and length for a given polygon or line feature.

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    ArcGIS Pro Field Calculations: Coordinates

    This task sheet will take you through the process of calculating the geometry (i.e., determining Latitude and Longitude) of the points in a shapefile.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Generating A Service Area Layer

    Generating a Service Area is one method of calculating driving distance from businesses to customers and vice versa. This task sheet will be using Network Analyst tools to calculate driving distances.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Generating Desire Lines

    The Desire Lines tool (available in the Business Analyst extension), helps to generate a series of line from each “customer” point to a desired “store” location.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Georeferencing a Raster Dataset

    This task sheet will take you through the steps of georeferencing using the georeferencing toolbar in ArcGIS Pro.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Geotagged Photos to Point

    In this tutorial you will test out the Geotagged Photos to Points tool on your own photos and learn how to match .gpx logs to photos without location metadata.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Hillshade, Slope, and Contour

    In this tutorial, you will be building on a previous project to create derived images for hillshade, slope and contour lines.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Joining U.S. Census Data to a Shapefile

    This tutorial will take you through the steps of joining county-level income data to a shapefile of Iowa counties.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Mapping Strava GPX Data

    In this task sheet, you will learn how to download a GPX file associated with an activity from Strava and import the data into ArcGIS Pro where you will visualize the location data.

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    ArcGIS Pro: Working with Lidar Data

    For this tutorial you will be processing lidar (light detection and ranging) data.

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    ArcGIS Pro: XY Data Points

    In this tasksheet you will turn a CSV file containing UTM coordinates into points on the map.

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    Current Iowa School Districts

    Current Iowa School Districts boundary file hosted on the Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.

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    Downloading and Preparing U.S. Census Data for Mapping

    This task sheet will take you through the steps of downloading U.S. Census Bureau data and preparing the file for mapping using ArcGIS Pro.

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    Downloading Iowa Lidar Data

    In this tutorial, you will learn how to navigate and use the GeoTREE website to download lidar data.

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    Essential Data Science: Introduction to Tableau Products

    In this tutorial, you will learn about several popular Tableau products to help you choose which will be most helpful for your use cases.

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    Getting Started with ArcGIS Online

    In this tutorial, you will learn how to sign in and navigate an ArcGIS online map, find data through the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, edit symbology and layers, and save a project.

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    Google Sheets: Import Tables and Lists from Websites

    this tutorial details the process of how to use the ImportHTML formula and exporting the data to another file type.

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    Intro to USGS topoBuilder

    In this task sheet you will learn how to use the topoBuilder application to generate a customized map.

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    Iowa County Boundaries

    This file originated from the US Census TIGER County Boundary data. Additional attributes were added and the file hosted on the Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.

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    Iowa Geographic Map Server Layers

    free access to Iowa geographic map data through online map viewers and web map services.

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  • ISU Extension Regions Shapefile

    simplified shapefile of the boundaries of the ISU Extension Regions.

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    QGIS: Improving Table Joins with CSVT Files

    This task sheet will teach you how to manage your comma separated value (CSV) files and improve joins by creating a CSVT file.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: An Introduction to the Tidyverse

    This task sheet will briefly introduce each of the core packages of the tidyverse.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: Filtering and Selecting Data with dplyr

    In this task sheet you will install the Tidyverse packages, install a dataset containing demographic data and learn how to use dplyr to subset your data.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: Getting Started with R and RStudio

    This task sheet is the first in a series of tutorials introducing spatial data science concepts using the R programming language.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: Importing CSV and Excel into Data Frames

    In this task sheet you will learn how to import two common data file types into your R environment: comma separated value (CSV) files and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: Installing Packages with RStudio

    This task sheet will show you how to install packages from CRAN and GitHub, how to load a package for use in your R session.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: Joining Spatial Data with dplyr

    This task sheet will cover a common action in geospatial workflows: using a join operation to enrich spatial data with non-spatial attribute data.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: Mutating and Piping Data with dplyr

    In this task sheet you will learn how to add new columns to a dataset with the mutate function. As well as introduce the pipe operator, %>%, which allows you to chain together functions.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: Overview of the RStudio Interface

    This task sheet will give an overview of the user interface and some key features of RStudio.

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    Spatial Data Science with R: Plotting a Shapefile with sf

    In this task sheet you will install and use the sf package in R to work with spatial data.

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    ZIP Code Tabulation Areas

    Iowa Extract of US Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas or ZCTA boundary file hosted on the Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.

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