Moving from New York to Iowa

Iowa is Connected

Iowa’s number-one position for infrastructure in the U.S. News rankings is due largely because of its efforts to bring internet access to all its citizens. Many rural areas across the country are underserved when it comes to the ability to connect to the internet that many urban dwellers take for granted.

Being so far removed from more densely populated areas, it is even more crucial for people in rural areas to be able to connect to the internet. Iowa has made reaching those people a priority. Contemporary agriculture currently has big data needs, and if those increase in the future, access is going to be even more important.

Iowa has Jobs in Lots of Different Industries

While agriculture is hugely important to Iowa’s economy and culture, it is not the biggest industry in the state. The manufacturing sector is actually bigger, employing over 16% of Iowa’s workforce and contributing billions of dollars to the state’s gross domestic product.

Food processing is the biggest component of the manufacturing industry in Iowa. Well-known brands such as General Mills, Quaker Oats, Heinz, Wells, and Blue Bunny all have processing facilities there. Other significant manufactured products in Iowa include heavy equipment, with Deere and Company having plants in five of the largest cities, and agricultural chemicals.

Iowa also leads the United States in renewable energy production. Combining aspects of the agricultural and manufacturing industries, the generation of wind-turbine electricity has increased exponentially statewide over the past 30 years or so.