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      Home›Iowa›IA-03

      Iowa's 3rd Congressional District

      R+3.8
      ↓ R+3.1 vs 2022· Iowa · Latest: 2024

      Competitive — flipped 6 times in 25 elections

      Population816K

      Current Representative

      REPZachary NunnElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      Key Insights

      • Has flipped parties 1 time since 2008
      • All recent elections decided by less than 5 points — highly competitive

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      2024 House ElectionIowa Profile

      Who lives in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District? 816,359 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      IA-03 vs Iowa vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      816K
      State: 3.2M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.24%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      73.9%
      State: 74.1% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      12.6%
      State: 9.1% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      87.4%
      State: 90.9% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $80,844
      State: $75,689 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      10.3%
      State: 11.1% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      36.7%
      State: 31.8% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      69.3%
      State: 71.7% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      37.3 yrs
      State: 38.8 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      15.3%
      State: 16.2% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      15.7%
      State: 18.1% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      8.4%
      State: 5.9% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      IA-03 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 78.2%Hispanic 8.7%Black 5.3%Asian 3.9%Multiracial 3.7%
      GroupIA-03StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      78.2%82.3%57.4%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      8.7%7.3%19.3%
      ▶Black(11)
      5.3%3.9%12.2%
      ▶Asian(6)
      3.9%2.5%6.0%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.7%3.5%4.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.5%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(1)
      0.3%0.4%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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