Black Hawk County Food Assessment
2012 Population: 131,820
Human Health & Wellbeing
Access & Consumption
 Units of food and water available for emergency preparedness1:
 In the event of an emergency, the county contacts large-scale distributors.
 The supply of the food bank is small.
 No existing emergency inventory, but other regions will come to the aid of
the county in the event of an emergency.
 % Youth consuming at least 5 fruits per day2:
 Black Hawk County Results (2012)
 6th Grade: 7% total
 5% Males
 9 % Females
 8th Grade: 4% total
 4% Males
 4% Females
 11th Grade: 7% total
 9% Males
 5% Females
 All Grades: 6% total
 6% Males
 6% Females
 State of Iowa Results (2012)
 6th Grade: 8% total
 9% Males
 8% Females
 8th Grade: 6% total
 7% Males
 5% Females
 11th Grade: 5% total
 5% Males
 4% Females
 All Grades: 6% total
 7% Males
 6% Females
 % Youth consuming at least 5 vegetables per day3:
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Food Bank and County Emergency Management
2http://www.iowayouthsurvey.iowa.gov/images/2012_County_reports/07.Black%20Hawk.pdf
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 Black Hawk County Results (2012)
 6th Grade: 7% total
 7% Males
 8% Females
 8th Grade: 3% total
 3% Males
 3% Females
 11th Grade: 5% total
 7% Males
 3% Females
 All Grades: 5% total
 6% Males
 4% Females
 State of Iowa Results (2012)
 6th Grade: 6% total
 6% Males
 6% Females
 8th Grade: 4% total
 5% Males
 4% Females
 11th Grade: 4% total
 4% Males
 3% Females
 All Grades: 5% total
 5% Males
 4% Females
 % Food insecurity rate (overall food insecurity)4:
 Black Hawk County (2011)
 Overall food insecurity rate: 14.8%
 Food insecure people: 19,310
 57% below SNAP threshold of 160% poverty
 11% between 160-185% poverty
 33% above threshold of 185% poverty
 Additional money required to meet food needs in 2011: $7,555,340
 Average cost of a meal: $2.40
 State of Iowa (2011)
 Overall food insecurity rate: 12.9%
 Food insecure people: 395,620
 53% below SNAP threshold of 160% poverty
 9% between 160-185% poverty
 38% above Other Nutrition Program threshold of 185% poverty
3http://www.iowayouthsurvey.iowa.gov/images/2012_County_reports/07.Black%20Hawk.pdf
4
http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-studies/map-the-meal-gap.aspx
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Additional money required to meet food needs in 2011: $152,212,750
Average cost of a meal: $2.36
 % Food insecurity rate (child food insecurity)5:
 Black Hawk County (2011)
 Child food insecurity rate: 19.4%
 Food insecure children: 5,440
 61% income eligible for nutrition programs (income at or below 185% of
poverty)
 39% likely ineligible for federal nutrition programs (income at or above
185% of poverty)
 State of Iowa (2011)
 Child food insecurity rate: 19.3%
 Food insecure children: 137,120
 60% income eligible for nutrition programs (income at or below 185% of
poverty)
 40% likely ineligible for federal nutrition programs (income at or above
185% of poverty)
 % Infants breastfed at birth6:
 Black Hawk County
 2007 results: 66.2%
 2011 results: 73.1%
 State of Iowa
 2007 results: 69.8%
 2011 results: 74.5%
 % Adults who have consumed fruits and vegetables five or more times per day7:
 State of Iowa (2009)
 % Rate: 18.5%
 # of people surveyed: 1,217
 Black Hawk County8
 % Rate: 21.3%
 % Children overweight or obese9,10,11, 12:
http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-studies/map-the-meal-gap.aspx
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IDPHChannelsService/file.ashx?file=059B16E8-8350-4D0F-B37622C50BB995DB
7http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/display.asp?cat=FV&yr=2009&qkey=4415&state=IA
8 http://county-health.findthedata.org/l/794/Black-Hawk-County-Iowa
9 http://www.cdc.gov/pednss/pednss_tables/pdf/national_table20.pdf
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 Black Hawk County
 2010 (3rd grade)
 25% overweight
 25% obese
 2011 (7th-8th grade)
 14% overweight
 25% obese
 2012 (9th grade)
 14.8% overweight
 16% obese
 State of Iowa (2010)
 Overweight (Age 2-5): 17.2%
 Obese (Age 2-5): 14.7%
 Cedar Falls (2011)13
 32% of students in Cedar Falls schools (K-12) were overweight or obese
 34% male students
 30% female students
 Waterloo (2011)
 45% of students in Waterloo schools (K-12) were overweight or obese
(was 35% in 2002)
 45% male students
 45% female students
 % Adult overweight or obese14:
 State of Iowa (2011)
 Overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9)
 % Rate: 35.8%
 # of people surveyed: 2,512
 Obese (BMI 30.0-99.8)
 % Rate: 29%
 # of people surveyed: 2,013
 Black Hawk County15
 Overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9)
 Obese (BMI 30.0-99.8)
 % Rate: 23.5%
 23% in 200916
Environmental Health
http://www.cdc.gov/pednss/pednss_tables/tables_health_indicators.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/stateprograms/fundedstates/pdf/iowa-state-profile.pdf
12 http://www.cedarvalleygo5210.org/stats.html
13 http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/obesity-rates-for-local-kids-raise-concern/article_2d5c0b9534b8-5f6d-8644-f8bbdbc636d7.html
14http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/display.asp?cat=OB&yr=2011&qkey=8261&state=IA
15 http://county-health.findthedata.org/l/794/Black-Hawk-County-Iowa
16 CDC, 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Age-adjusted Rate
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Production
 # Acres in harvested cropland17 18:
 1974: 254,077 acres
 1987: 223,324 acres
 2007: 252,509 acres
 # Acres in harvested vegetables, potatoes, and melons19 20 21:
 1974: 56 acres
 1987: 116 acres
 2002: 206 acres
 2007: 222 acres
 32 farms
 # Acres in orchards22 23:
 1974: 49 acres
 2002: 15 acres
 2007: 25 acres
 14 orchards
 # Acres in berries24 25:
 1974: 10 acres
 2007: 3 acres
 11 farms
 Estimated average annual sheet and rill erosion on cropland (tons per acre per
year, total cultivated and non cultivated)26:
 January-December 2013:
 1.23 tons per acre per year
 # Waterways that are very poor, poor, or fair27:
17http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/AgCensusImages/1974/01/15/306/Table-02.pdf
18http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_001_001.pdf
19http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/AgCensusImages/1974/01/15/306/Table-28.pdf
20 http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/AgCensusImages/1987/01/15/4/Table-27.pdf
21http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_030_030.pdf
22http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/AgCensusImages/1974/01/15/306/Table-30.pdf
23http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_031_031.pdf
24http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/AgCensusImages/1974/01/15/306/Table-29.pdf
25http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_034_034.pdf
26http://wepp.mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/township/byyear.phtml?twp=T85NR17W&year=2013
27 http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/wqm/data/wqi/WqiAllYears.htm
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 2013: 4
 Cedar River, Wolf Creek, Beaver Creek, Black Hawk Creek
 # Acres irrigated28:
 2002: 16 acres
 2007: 20 acres
 # Acres treated with commercial fertilizer29:
 2002: 173,487 acres
 2007: 194,011 acres
Environmental Health
Waste Management
 % Total (state of Iowa) food waste30:
 Statewide MSW (2011)
 13.3% of total waste was food waste
 Residential Waste (2011)
 13.6% of total waste was food waste
 ICI Waste (2011)
 13.1% of total waste was food waste
 No information at county level
Social & Cultural Health
Production
 # Farms31 32:
 1987: 1,269
 2002: 939
 2007: 942
 # Farms marketed products through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA
farms)33 34:
28http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_010_010.pdf
29http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_042_042.pdf
30http://www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/waste/wastecharacterization2011.pdf
31 http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/AgCensusImages/1987/01/15/4/Table-01.pdf
32http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_001_001.pdf
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 2007: 4 farms
 2013: 7 farms
 Average age of principal operator35:
 2007: 57.1 years old
 # Community gardens (public, private, faith-based)36:
 22 total
 Community gardens: 4
 Church gardens: 6
 Neighborhood gardens: 4
 School gardens: 8
 # Community organizations active in food system development37:
 2013: 7
 University of Northern Iowa
 ISU Extension
 Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership
 Northeast Iowa Food Bank
 Blue Zones Project
 Healthy Cedar Valley Coalition
 Farmers’ Market Associations
 # School gardens38:
 8 school gardens
 # Home gardens39:
 45-55%, but could be higher
 # Master Gardeners40:
 171 active in last 3 years
 100-120 generally very active
 Over 400 have gone through Master Gardener training
Social & Cultural Health
Transformation
33http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_044_044.pdf
34 UNI Local Food Program, 2013
35http://agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/County_Profiles/Iowa/cp19075.p
df
36 UNI Local Food Program and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
37 UNI Local Food Program, 2013
38 Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
39 Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
40 Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
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 # Small-scale food processors (bakeries, dairies, meat lockers, etc.)41:
 Bakeries: at least 4
 Dairies: 1
 Meat lockers: 3
 # Licensed community kitchens:
 No data available
Social & Cultural Health
Distribution & Retail
 # Distributors that specialize in transporting local, farm-fresh products42:
 5 (2013)
 Hansen’s
 Chad Thomas
 Lloyd Johnson
 Iowa Food Hub
 Thompson
 # Commercial food and beverage warehouses:
 Black Hawk County
 Estimated 10 this year43
 Martin Brothers Distribution (Cedar Falls)
 Target Corporation (Cedar Falls)
 Frito-Lay, Inc. (Cedar Falls)
 Standard Distribution Co. (Cedar Falls)
 Sam’s Club (Waterloo)
 Old Dutch Foods (Waterloo)
 Fahr Beverage, Inc. (Waterloo)
 United Beverages, Inc. (Waterloo)
 Crystal Distribution Services, Inc. (Waterloo)
 1 more (name unknown)
 # Farm stands or u-pick farms44:
 2013
UNI Local Food Program, 2013
UNI Local Food Program, 2013
43 Black Hawk County Chamber of Commerce
44 UNI Local Food Program, 2013
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Farm stands: 2
U-pick farms: 2
 # Farmers’ markets45 46:
 2009: 9
 2012: 7
 2013: 9
 # Supermarkets and grocery stores47:
 Supercenters and club stores
 # in 2007: 3
 # in 2009: 4
 Grocery stores
 # in 2007: 21
 # in 2009: 22
 Specialized food stores
 # in 2007: 9
 # in 2009: 11
 # Supermarkets and grocery stores per 1,000 residents48:
 Supercenters and club stores
 # per 1,000 residents in 2007: 0.03
 # per 1,000 residents in 2009: 0.04
 Grocery stores
 # per 1,000 residents in 2007: 0.17
 # per 1,000 residents in 2009: 0.18
 Specialized food stores
 # per 1,000 residents in 2007: 0.08
 # per 1,000 residents in 2009: 0.09
 # Convenience stores per 1,000 residents49:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UtCxwqWn3lJ
46 UNI Local Food Program, 2013
47 Stores met the definition of a supermarket, supercenter, or large grocery store if they reported at
least $2 million in annual sales and contained all the major food departments found in a traditional
supermarket, including fresh produce, fresh meat and poultry, dairy, dry and packaged foods, and
frozen foods.
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48 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UnQQfqWn3lI
49 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UnQQfqWn3lI
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 Convenience stores
 # per 1,000 residents in 2007: 0.51
 # per 1,000 residents in 2009: 0.42
 # Stores authorized to accept Food Assistance (SNAP)50:
 SNAP-authorized stores
 # in 2008: 113
 # in 2011: 133
 # Stores authorized to accept WIC51:
 WIC-authorized stores
 # in 2008: 26
 # in 2011: 23
 # Fast food (limited service) restaurants52:
 Fast food restaurants
 # in 2007: 81
 # in 2009: 78
 # Full-service restaurants53:
 Full-service restaurants
 # in 2007: 94
 # in 2009: 104
 # Food hubs54:
 5 total
 Hansen’s Dairy, 3 meat lockers, and Waterloo’s Public Market
Social & Cultural Health
Access & Consumption
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51 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UnQQfqWn3lI
52 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UnQQfqWn3lI
53 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UnQQfqWn3lI
54 UNI Local Food Program, 2013
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 # Food pantries or emergency food providers (soup kitchens, food shelves,
etc.)55:
 2013: 14 food pantries
 # Pounds distributed by food pantries56:
 2013: Over 2 million pounds served in Black Hawk County
 # Families served by food pantries57:
 2013: 4,500 families
 # People served by food pantries58:
 2013: 10,000 people
 # Foodborne outbreaks:
 No data available
 # Housing units without a car and live more than 1 mile from a supermarket or
grocery store59:
 Households, no car & low access to store
 # in 2010: 1,159
 # Seniors living more than 1 mile from a supermarket or grocery store60:
 Seniors, low access to store
 # in 2010: 4,029
 Food deserts (low access measured as living far from a supermarket, where 1
mile was used in urban areas and 10 miles was used in rural areas to demarcate
those who are far from a supermarket)61:
 Black Hawk County (2013)
 Low access, living at least 1 mile from supermarket:
 About 16,838 people in food desert regions
 Low access, living at least 10 miles from supermarket:
 None
 # Farm to School Programs
 No active Farm to School program chapters in Black Hawk County
 Price Lab (Closed)
Northeast Iowa Food Bank
Northeast Iowa Food Bank
57 Northeast Iowa Food Bank
58 Northeast Iowa Food Bank
59 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UnQf56Wn1SU
60 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UnQf56Wn1SU
61 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UoqJHaWn3lI
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 Wrap Your Own Iowa Grown (2009)
 A is for Apple (2010)
 Wrap Your Own Iowa Grown (2010)
 Wrap Your Own Iowa Grown (2011)
North Cedar (Led by Ben Olsen)
 A Garden is the way to Grow (2013)
 Average monthly WIC participation rate62:
 2009: 2.52% of total population
 2011: 2.32% of total population
 Average monthly Food Assistance (SNAP) recipients/households63:
 Black Hawk County (2009)
 Average monthly households: 7,507
 Average monthly recipients: 15,535
 Total annual food program benefits: $22,872,591.00
 Average benefits per person per month: $122.69
 Black Hawk County (2012)
 Average monthly households: 10,080
 Average monthly recipients: 20,264
 Total annual food program benefits: $29,284,433.00
 Average benefits per person per month: $120.43
 % Free and Reduced school lunch eligibility (building and school district levels):
 2008-2009
 Cedar Falls: 18% students eligible
 Dunkerton: 30% students eligible
 Hudson: 17% students eligible
 Union: 22% students eligible
 Waterloo: 54% students eligible
 2009-2010
 Cedar Falls: 20% students eligible
 Dunkerton: 36% students eligible
 Hudson: 19% students eligible
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monthly average percent of the population who received at least one WIC Program (Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) food instrument or food during
the report month or were breastfed by a participating mother. Participation data are 12-month
averages.
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 Union: 23% students eligible
 Waterloo: 55% students eligible
 2010-2011
 Cedar Falls: 21% students eligible
 Dunkerton: 39% students eligible
 Hudson: 22% students eligible
 Union: 27% students eligible
 Waterloo: 65% students eligible
 2012-2013
 Cedar Falls: 21% students eligible
 Dunkerton: 31% students eligible
 Hudson: 22% students eligible
 Union: 27% students eligible
 Waterloo: 67% students eligible
 % Free and Reduced school lunch eligibility (county-wide)64:
 Black Hawk County
 2008: 37.5%
 2009: 40.0%
 2010: 41.8%
 2011: 48.0%
 2012: 48.5%
 # Living more than 1 mile from a supermarket or grocery store65:
 Population, low access to store:
 # in 2010: 31,222
 # Low-income who live more than 1 mile from a supermarket or grocery store66:
 Low income & low access to store
 # in 2010: 11,768
 # Children (<18) living more than 1 mile from a supermarket or grocery store67:
 Children, low access to store
 # in 2010: 7,031
Social & Cultural Health
Waste Management
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 Municipal or county recycling compost or woodchips:
 Both Cedar Falls and Waterloo
 City food compost pickup:
 None
Economic Health
Production
 Farm income (value of sales)68:
 2007: $178,047,000
 Average of $189,009 per farm
 Average farmworker wage (payroll divided by # workers)69:
 $6,833 per worker
Economic Health
Transformation
 % Of food manufacturing establishments that preserve fruits and vegetables
(NAICS Code 31142)70:
 None
Economic Health
Distribution & Retail
 $ Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for human
consumption (as compared to the % of total agriculture sales)71:
 Total value of agricultural products sold:
 2002: $114,383,000
 2007: $178,047,000
 Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for human
consumption72:
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69http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_007_007.pdf
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71http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/County_Profiles/Iowa/cp19
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2002: $213,000
2007: $389,000
Economic Health
Access & Consumption
 Number in poverty73:
 Black Hawk County
 # in 2009: 21,437
 Percent in poverty: 17.3%
 #in 2011: 20,634
 Percent in poverty: 16.4%
 State of Iowa
 # in 2009: 342,309
 # in 2011: 376,300
 Redemption of food and nutrition assistance program benefits (SNAP EBT + WIC
FMNP + WIC CVV + Senior FMNP)74:
 SNAP redemptions/SNAP authorized stores (average) in 2008: $154,108
 201175: $225,009
 WIC redemptions/WIC authorized stores (average) in 200876: $111,913
 2011: $112,068
 % Farmers’ markets accept SNAP EBT, WIC FMNP, WIC CVV, Senior FMNP)77:
 Cedar Falls Farmer Market (Cedar Falls)
 Some individual vendors accept all programs
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74 http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-theatlas.aspx#.UnlDkaWn1lI
75 The average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption amount per SNAPauthorized store in a county. SNAP stores include: supermarkets; large, medium and small grocery
stores and convenience stores; super stores and supercenters; warehouse club stores; specialized
food stores (retail bakeries, meat and seafood markets, and produce markets); and meal service
providers that serve eligible persons.
76 The total dollar amount of WIC Program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children) benefits redeemed through WIC-authorized stores in a county divided by the
number of WIC-authorized stores. Redemptions are set to -9999 when data are not available or when
there are fewer than 4 WIC-authorized stores in a county.
77 http://search.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/
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 College Hill Farmers Market (Cedar Falls)
 Some individual vendors accept all programs
 Downtown Waterloo Farmers Market
 Accepts none
 Evansdale Farmers Market
 Accepts all but SNAP
 Kimball Ridge Family Market (Waterloo)
 Accepts none
 Kimball Ridge Farmers Market (Waterloo)
 Some individual vendors accept all programs
 University Avenue Farmers Market (Waterloo)
 Accepts all but SNAP
 City Park Farmers Market (La Porte City)
 Some individual vendors accept Senior FMNP
 Number of institutions in Black Hawk County purchasing locally grown foods:
 1998: 3
 2002: 7
 2008: 27
 2012: 13
 Dollars invested in locally grown foods by institutions in Black Hawk County:
 1998: $110,773
 2002: $200,730
 2008: $2,400,000
 2012: $2,683,976
 # Farms with direct sales78:
 2007: 50 farms
 Market value of livestock, poultry (and their products) sold79:
 2007: $56,118,000
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79http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Lev
el/Iowa/st19_2_001_001.pdf
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