About Univeristy of Iowa

Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the middle of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city’s population at 75,130 in 2019, making it the state’s fifth-largest city. The metropolitan area, which encompasses Johnson and Washington counties, has a population of greater than 171,000. The Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is plus a ration of a Combined Statistical Area (CSA) with the Cedar Rapids MSA. This CSA help two further counties are known as the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids (ICR) region which collectively has a population of nearly 500,000.

Iowa City was the second capital of the Iowa Territory and the first capital city of the State of Iowa. The Old Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark in the center of the University of Iowa campus. The University of Iowa Art Museum and Plum Grove, the house of the first Governor of Iowa, are in addition to tourist attractions. In 2008, Forbes magazine named Iowa City the second-best small metropolitan area for perform business in the United States.