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State Portals & Meta

The master portals and meta-catalogs - start here if you're not sure which specific source you need.

10 sources in this category

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Iowa Data Hub (data.iowa.gov)

Master portal: population, licensing, budgets, claims, liquor sales.

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Iowa Data Hub (data.iowa.gov)

Core
State of Iowa · State Portals & Meta

Master portal: population, licensing, budgets, claims, liquor sales

ENTAGEDWFRE Varies free
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Iowa Data Hub backend API

Core
State of Iowa · State Portals & Meta

Programmatic access to migrated data.iowa.gov datasets

ENTAGEDWFRE Varies free
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catalog.data.gov - State of Iowa org

Core ✔ Verified
GSA / data.gov · State Portals & Meta

Federal mirror of Iowa datasets; survives state portal redesigns; shows last-updated dates

ENTAGEDWFRE Live / Daily free
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Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Core
State of Iowa GIS · State Portals & Meta

Parcels, boundaries, imagery, infrastructure layers for maps

EDREAG Varies free
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Iowa State Data Center

Core
State Library of Iowa · State Portals & Meta

Curated census/demographic profiles per county and city

EDENT Annual free
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Iowa Public Notices

Core
Iowa Newspaper Assoc. (official) · State Portals & Meta

Statutory notices: hearings, bids, sheriff sales, budget hearings - pre-news signal

ENTEDRE Live / Daily free
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Iowa Legislature (legis.iowa.gov)

Iowa General Assembly · State Portals & Meta

Bills, fiscal notes, code changes that create/kill opportunities

ENTAGED Live / Daily free
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Iowa Dept of Management - local budgets

Iowa DOM · State Portals & Meta

City/county budgets, TIF reports, property-tax levies

EDRE Annual free
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Auditor of State - local govt reports

Iowa Auditor · State Portals & Meta

Audits/AFRs of cities, counties, schools; fiscal stress signals

EDRE Monthly free
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Socrata Discovery API (legacy)

✔ Verified
Tyler/Socrata · State Portals & Meta

Catalog search across remaining Socrata-hosted Iowa datasets

ENTED Live / Daily free
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