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This Geoart is part of a Nationwide project:
THE USA 50 STATE STAR GEOART
celebrating every state in the USA !

Our Goal is to have a "50 STATE STAR" in each state of the USA.
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Immigrants in Iowa:

• Iowa has a history of being a place for immigrants to settle
• During the first 50 years of statehood, more than 20% of the Iowa population was foreign-born.
• Immigrant communities developed across the state, providing the unique foods and festivals in towns and cities across the state.
• Dutch in Pella and Orange City.
• Scandinavians in Elkhorn and Decorah
• Czech and Slavik groups in Cedar Rapids
• Irish near Emmetsburg.
• African-Americans arrived to escape slavery before the Civil War and to settle after the war and during economic migration periods.
• 20th century immigrant groups mainly settled in Iowa's cities: Italians, Cambodians, Vietnamese, Sudanese, Bosnians.