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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7" title="دکوراه، ایووا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دکوراه، ایووا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah_(Iowa)" title="Decorah (Iowa) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Decorah (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Decorah, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah_(Iowa)" title="Decorah (Iowa) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Decorah (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah_(Iowa)" title="Decorah (Iowa) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Decorah (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7" title="دکورا، آیووا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دکورا، آیووا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87_(%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%A4%D9%88%D8%A7)" title="دکوراه (آیؤوا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="دکوراه (آیؤوا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%94%94%EC%BD%94%EB%9D%BC" title="디코라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="디코라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Decorah, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Дэкорах (Айова) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дэкорах (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Decorah, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Дэкорах (Айова) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Дэкорах (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah_(Iowa)" title="Decorah (Iowa) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Decorah (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Decorah, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87" title="ديكوراه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ديكوراه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_(%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7)" title="دکورا (آیووا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="دکورا (آیووا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Декора (Айова) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Декора (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah_(Iowa)" title="Decorah (Iowa) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Decorah (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah_(Iowa)" title="Decorah (Iowa) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Decorah (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Decorah, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Дикора – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Дикора" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Decorah, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah" title="Decorah – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Decorah" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Декора (Айова) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Декора (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Decorah, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Декора (Айова) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Декора (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D8%A2%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7" title="ڈیکورا، آئیووا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ڈیکورا، آئیووا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa – Vietnamese" lang="vi" 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class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.29722°N 91.76722°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.29722; -91.76722</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">City in Iowa, United States</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output 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org">Decorah, Iowa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2009-0528-Decorah-downtown.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Downtown Decorah"><img alt="Downtown Decorah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/2009-0528-Decorah-downtown.jpg/250px-2009-0528-Decorah-downtown.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/2009-0528-Decorah-downtown.jpg/375px-2009-0528-Decorah-downtown.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/2009-0528-Decorah-downtown.jpg/500px-2009-0528-Decorah-downtown.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="1912" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Downtown Decorah</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Winneshiek_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Decorah_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Decorah, Iowa"><img alt="Location of Decorah, Iowa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Winneshiek_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Decorah_Highlighted.svg/250px-Winneshiek_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Decorah_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Winneshiek_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Decorah_Highlighted.svg/375px-Winneshiek_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Decorah_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Decorah,_Iowa&params=43_17_50_N_91_46_02_W_region:US_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">43°17′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">91°46′02″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.29722°N 91.76722°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.29722; -91.76722</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="477" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Iowa" title="List of counties in Iowa">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Winneshiek_County,_Iowa" title="Winneshiek County, Iowa">Winneshiek</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">June 30, 1857<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Lorraine Borowski<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7.26 sq mi (18.80 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">7.21 sq mi (18.68 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.04 sq mi (0.11 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">869 ft (265 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,587</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,051.71/sq mi (406.08/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">Central (CST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (CDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">52101</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_563" title="Area code 563">563</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">19-19405</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2394483<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.decorahia.org/">www<wbr />.decorahia<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FI0002825.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Main Street 1943" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/FI0002825.jpg/220px-FI0002825.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/FI0002825.jpg/330px-FI0002825.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/FI0002825.jpg/440px-FI0002825.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2009" /></a><figcaption>Main Street 1943</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Decorah</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the largest city in and <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Winneshiek_County,_Iowa" title="Winneshiek County, Iowa">Winneshiek County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population was 7,587 at the time of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cen2020_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cen2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Decorah is located at the intersection of <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Highway_9" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa State Highway 9">State Highway 9</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_52_in_Iowa" title="U.S. Route 52 in Iowa">U.S. Route 52</a>. Located within the <a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area" title="Driftless Area">Driftless Area</a> in northeastern Iowa, Decorah is situated in the bluffs of the Upper Iowa River, which flows through the city.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Decorah is a <a href="/wiki/College_town" title="College town">college town</a>, being the home of <a href="/wiki/Luther_College_(Iowa)" title="Luther College (Iowa)">Luther College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is known for its <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Americans" title="Norwegian Americans">Norwegian-American</a> heritage and the corresponding <a href="/wiki/Vesterheim_Norwegian-American_Museum" title="Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum">Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decorah was the site of a <a href="/wiki/Ho-Chunk" title="Ho-Chunk">Ho-Chunk</a> village beginning <i>circa</i> 1840. Several Ho-Chunks had settled along the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Iowa_River" title="Upper Iowa River">Upper Iowa River</a> that year when the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> forced them to remove from <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1848, the United States removed the Ho-Chunks again to a new reservation in Minnesota, opening their Iowa villages to white settlers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waa-kaun-see-kaa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Waa-kaun-see-kaa.jpg/170px-Waa-kaun-see-kaa.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Waa-kaun-see-kaa.jpg/255px-Waa-kaun-see-kaa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Waa-kaun-see-kaa.jpg/340px-Waa-kaun-see-kaa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="637" /></a><figcaption>Chief <a href="/wiki/Waukon_Decorah" title="Waukon Decorah">Waukon Decorah</a> in 1825</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Decorah_Iowa_panoramic_view.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Decorah_Iowa_panoramic_view.JPG/350px-Decorah_Iowa_panoramic_view.JPG" decoding="async" width="350" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Decorah_Iowa_panoramic_view.JPG/525px-Decorah_Iowa_panoramic_view.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Decorah_Iowa_panoramic_view.JPG/700px-Decorah_Iowa_panoramic_view.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3141" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption>Panoramic view of Decorah, 1908</figcaption></figure> <p>The first European-Americans to settle were the Day family from <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Virginia" title="Tazewell County, Virginia">Tazewell County, Virginia</a>. According to local <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregationalist</a> minister Rev. Ephraim Adams, the Days arrived in June 1849 with the Ho-Chunks' "tents still standing—with the graves of the dead scattered about where now run our streets and stand our dwellings."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Judge Eliphalet Price suggested that the Days name their new settlement <i>Decorah</i> after Ho-Chunk leader <a href="/wiki/Waukon_Decorah" title="Waukon Decorah">Waukon Decorah</a>, who was a U.S. ally during the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War" title="Black Hawk War">Black Hawk War</a> of 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dunnings_spring_Decorah_Iowa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Dunnings_spring_Decorah_Iowa.jpg/240px-Dunnings_spring_Decorah_Iowa.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Dunnings_spring_Decorah_Iowa.jpg/360px-Dunnings_spring_Decorah_Iowa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Dunnings_spring_Decorah_Iowa.jpg/480px-Dunnings_spring_Decorah_Iowa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Dunning's spring, 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1850s and 1860s, Decorah grew quickly as settlers built dams and mills to harness water power at Dunning's Spring and other local streams.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1851, the town became the county seat of Winneshiek County. Decorah also became the site of a <a href="/wiki/United_States_General_Land_Office" title="United States General Land Office">United States General Land Office</a> from 1855 to 1856, making it a destination for immigrants seeking <a href="/wiki/Land_patent" title="Land patent">land patents</a> in northern Iowa. </p><p>Since 1861, it has been the home of <a href="/wiki/Luther_College_(Iowa)" title="Luther College (Iowa)">Luther College</a>, a liberal arts institution affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in America">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee,_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad">Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad</a> opened a branch to <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_and_St._Paul_Railway_Combination_Depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Combination Depot">Decorah</a> in 1869.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vesterheim2006.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Vesterheim2006.JPG/240px-Vesterheim2006.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Vesterheim2006.JPG/360px-Vesterheim2006.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Vesterheim2006.JPG/480px-Vesterheim2006.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>Decorah has become a center for <a href="/wiki/Norwegian-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian-American">Norwegian-American</a> culture originating from a high number of Norwegian settlements beginning in the 1850s. Each July, Decorah is the host of <a href="/wiki/Nordic_Fest" title="Nordic Fest">Nordic Fest</a>, a celebration of Norwegian culture with ethnic dancing, food, and music. Decorah is also the home of the <a href="/wiki/Vesterheim_Norwegian-American_Museum" title="Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum">Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum</a>, the largest museum in the country devoted to a single immigrant group.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 1972, one of the largest Norwegian language newspapers in the nation was published in Decorah, the <i><a href="/wiki/Decorah_Posten" title="Decorah Posten">Decorah Posten</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decorah is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>-Iowa border. It is the northernmost major community located along <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_52_in_Iowa" title="U.S. Route 52 in Iowa">U.S. Route 52 in Iowa</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 7.04 square miles (18.23 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 7.01 square miles (18.16 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_files_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_files-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Decorah is located in and on the bluffs of the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Iowa_River" title="Upper Iowa River">Upper Iowa River</a> valley; the river flows through the city en route to its confluence with the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Mississippi_River" title="Upper Mississippi River">Upper Mississippi River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river is faced by steep bluffs, characteristic of the <a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area" title="Driftless Area">Driftless Area</a>. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:100%;max-width:408px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Decorah,_Iowa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="US-52 and IA-9 junction on the southwestern part of town"><img alt="Decorah, Iowa US-52 and IA-9 junction on the southwestern part of town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Decorah%2C_Iowa.jpg/400px-Decorah%2C_Iowa.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Decorah%2C_Iowa.jpg/600px-Decorah%2C_Iowa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Decorah%2C_Iowa.jpg/800px-Decorah%2C_Iowa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6380" data-file-height="2606" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Decorah,_Iowa.jpg" title="File:Decorah, Iowa.jpg"> </a></div><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_52" title="U.S. Route 52">US-52</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Highway_9" title="Iowa Highway 9">IA-9</a> junction on the southwestern part of town</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impact_crater">Impact crater</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Impact crater"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Decorah_crater" title="Decorah crater">Decorah crater</a></div> <p>About 470 million years ago, a meteorite as big as a city block smashed into what is now Decorah, supporting a theory that a giant space rock broke up and bombarded Earth just as early life began flourishing in the oceans.<sup id="cite_ref-Crater_found_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crater_found-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The impact dug a crater nearly four miles wide that now lies beneath the town, said Bevan French, one of the world's foremost crater hunters and an adjunct scientist at the National Museum of Natural History.<sup id="cite_ref-Crater_found_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crater_found-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Decorah crater lay undiscovered until recently because almost none of it is above ground. Instead, it is filled by an unusual shale that formed after an ancient seaway sluiced into the crater, depositing sediment and an array of bizarre sea creatures that hardened into fossils.<sup id="cite_ref-Crater_found_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crater_found-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One such creature is <i><a href="/wiki/Pentecopterus_decorahensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecopterus decorahensis">Pentecopterus decorahensis</a></i>, which was named for the city.<sup id="cite_ref-BMC-20150901_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMC-20150901-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Decorah, Iowa (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.4<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.6<br />(9.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.2<br />(19.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.3<br />(26.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.2<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.5<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.2<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.8<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.3<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.6<br />(27.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">94.0<br />(34.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(−2.4) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.2<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.5<br />(22.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.4<br />(27.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.4<br />(29.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.7<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.4<br />(24.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.2<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.6<br />(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(0.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.0<br />(15.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(−7.2) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(−4.8) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.3<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.5<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.5<br />(23.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.4<br />(18.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.8<br />(11.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(−3.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48.5<br />(9.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(−12.0) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(−10.0) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(−3.4) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.4<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.6<br />(14.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.6<br />(17.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.7<br />(15.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.3<br />(11.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.4<br />(4.7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(−2.0) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(−8.1) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.0<br />(3.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−18.2<br />(−27.9) </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−12.3<br />(−24.6) </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(−17.6) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(−6.8) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(−1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.3<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.8<br />(9.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.8<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(−5.7) </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(−13.2) </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(−22.4) </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−22.2<br />(−30.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−43<br />(−42) </td> <td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−41<br />(−41) </td> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−33<br />(−36) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−16<br />(−27) </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−36<br />(−38) </td> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−43<br />(−42) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.01<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #D1FFD1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.10<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.05<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.95<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #44FF44; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.94<br />(125) </td> <td style="background: #0EFF0E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.13<br />(156) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.42<br />(112) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.39<br />(112) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.60<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.66<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.05<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.31<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.61<br />(955) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #00007A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #0000A6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #0000A7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.5<br />(95) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.4 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">113.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-nws_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nws-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:20%;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,920</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,110</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,951</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+39.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,801</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">3,246</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+15.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,592</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,039</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,581</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,303</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+15.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">6,060</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+14.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,435</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">7,237</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">8,068</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">8,063</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">8,172</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">8,127</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">7,587</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov">"U.S. Census website"</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 29,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Census+website&rft.pub=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecorah%2C+Iowa" class="Z3988"></span><br />Source: <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cen2020_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cen2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DecorahIowaPopPlot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The population of Decorah, Iowa from US census data" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/DecorahIowaPopPlot.png/220px-DecorahIowaPopPlot.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/DecorahIowaPopPlot.png/330px-DecorahIowaPopPlot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/DecorahIowaPopPlot.png/440px-DecorahIowaPopPlot.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>The population of Decorah, Iowa from US census data</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">census of 2020</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2020-census-1919405_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020-census-1919405-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the population was 7,587. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,052.0 inhabitants per square mile (406.2/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 3,210 housing units at an average density of 445.1 units per square mile (171.9 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 91.7% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.8% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 1.4% <a href="/wiki/Black_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black (U.S. Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.5% from <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">other races</a>, and 3.1% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 3.6% <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>The 2020 census population of the city included 1,463 people in student housing.<sup id="cite_ref-2020-P5-1919405_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020-P5-1919405-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a> estimates for 2016–2020, the median income for a household in the city was $55,920, and the median income for a family was $85,822. Male full-time workers had a median income of $49,643 versus $43,991 for female workers. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $27,154. About 4.5% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-2020-EconChar-1919405_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020-EconChar-1919405-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the population age 25 and over, 96.9% were high school graduates or higher and 43.8% had a bachelor's degree or higher.<sup id="cite_ref-2020-SocChar-1919405_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020-SocChar-1919405-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 8,127 people, 2,855 households, and 1,527 families living in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,159.3 inhabitants per square mile (447.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 3,121 housing units at an average density of 445.2 units per square mile (171.9 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 94.6% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.5% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 2.2% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.6% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 1.0% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 2.0% of the population. </p><p>There were 2,855 households, of which 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.5% were non-families. 38.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.76. </p><p>The median age in the city was 29.6 years. 14.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 32.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 15.3% were from 25 to 44; 19.5% were from 45 to 64; and 18.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.1% male and 53.9% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 8,172 people, 2,819 households, and 1,561 families living in the city. The population density was 1,275.9 inhabitants per square mile (492.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,968 housing units at an average density of 463.4 units per square mile (178.9 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 95.99% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.13% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.10% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.60% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.01% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.42% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.76% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.30% of the population. 34.0% were of <a href="/wiki/Norwegians" title="Norwegians">Norwegian</a>, 30.3% <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a>, 5.4% <a href="/wiki/English_American" class="mw-redirect" title="English American">English</a> and 5.2% <a href="/wiki/Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish American">Irish</a> ancestry according to <a href="/wiki/Census_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Census 2000">Census 2000</a>. </p><p>There were 2,819 households, out of which 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.6% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.80. </p><p>The city's age demographics were spread out, with 15.0% under the age of 18, 31.4% from 18 to 24, 17.8% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2009-0528-MN-IA13-Decorah-WinneshiekCourthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/2009-0528-MN-IA13-Decorah-WinneshiekCourthouse.jpg/220px-2009-0528-MN-IA13-Decorah-WinneshiekCourthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/2009-0528-MN-IA13-Decorah-WinneshiekCourthouse.jpg/330px-2009-0528-MN-IA13-Decorah-WinneshiekCourthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/2009-0528-MN-IA13-Decorah-WinneshiekCourthouse.jpg/440px-2009-0528-MN-IA13-Decorah-WinneshiekCourthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3580" data-file-height="2628" /></a><figcaption>Winneshiek County Courthouse, which additionally holds the offices for the supervisors and county officers of Winneshiek County.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Decorah_Municipal_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Decorah_Municipal_Center.jpg/220px-Decorah_Municipal_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Decorah_Municipal_Center.jpg/330px-Decorah_Municipal_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Decorah_Municipal_Center.jpg/440px-Decorah_Municipal_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Decorah Municipal Center</figcaption></figure> <p>Decorah serves as the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Winneshiek_County,_Iowa" title="Winneshiek County, Iowa">Winneshiek County</a>, which is a major employer. The county courthouse was built in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Decorah's largest employer is <a href="/wiki/Luther_College_(Iowa)" title="Luther College (Iowa)">Luther College</a>, in addition to several national corporations. Because <a href="/wiki/Winneshiek_County,_Iowa" title="Winneshiek County, Iowa">Winneshiek County</a>'s economy is primarily based on farming, Decorah serves as an agricultural hub. Decorah is also home to <a href="/wiki/Seed_Savers_Exchange" title="Seed Savers Exchange">Seed Savers Exchange</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Heirloom_plant" title="Heirloom plant">heirloom plant</a> farm and preservation organization.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each July, Decorah hosts <a href="/wiki/Nordic_Fest" title="Nordic Fest">Nordic Fest</a>, a celebration of Norwegian culture. Decorah is also the home of the <a href="/wiki/Vesterheim_Norwegian-American_Museum" title="Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum">Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum</a>, the largest Norwegian museum in the United States. </p><p>Natural features include Dunning's Spring,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Decorah_Ice_Cave_State_Preserve" title="Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve">Ice Cave</a>, and Siewers Spring. The city is home to several parks built on bluffs, particularly Phelps Park, Palisades Park, and Pulpit Rock. Until 2003, Decorah had a community ski area, the Nor-Ski Runs Ski Area. </p><p>Decorah is home to an operating trout hatchery<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as Twin Springs Park, the former home of the hatchery. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Raptor_Resource_Project" title="Raptor Resource Project">Raptor Resource Project</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is located in Decorah. Each year they host a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/">livestreamed webcam</a> of a family of nesting <a href="/wiki/Bald_eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bald eagles">bald eagles</a> as they rear their young. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Decorah_High_School.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Decorah_High_School.jpg/220px-Decorah_High_School.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Decorah_High_School.jpg/330px-Decorah_High_School.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Decorah_High_School.jpg/440px-Decorah_High_School.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5594" data-file-height="2880" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Decorah_High_School" title="Decorah High School">Decorah High School</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luther_College.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Luther_College.jpg/220px-Luther_College.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Luther_College.jpg/330px-Luther_College.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Luther_College.jpg/440px-Luther_College.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="2542" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Luther_College_(Iowa)" title="Luther College (Iowa)">Luther College</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Decorah is part of the <a href="/wiki/Decorah_Community_School_District" title="Decorah Community School District">Decorah Community School District</a> in Winneshiek County.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The high school is <a href="/wiki/Decorah_High_School" title="Decorah High School">Decorah High School</a>, and the mascot is the Vikings. </p><p>St. Benedict School of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Dubuque" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque</a> is in Decorah. It opened in 1885 in a two-story, four-room frame building. The school, with five nuns as teachers, was initially until high school but in 1919 became an elementary-middle school only. The convent, which had a second-floor bridge to the original school building, was renovated to be the second school building. In 1964 the current school was built for $268,000 in southern Decorah. A new addition was established in the 1980s, with a music room, a storage and teaching aid area, and two classrooms.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Decorah is also home to <a href="/wiki/Luther_College_(Iowa)" title="Luther College (Iowa)">Luther College</a>, a private four-year residential college affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in America">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America</a> and known especially for their <a href="/wiki/Nordic_Choir" title="Nordic Choir">Nordic Choir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their mascot is "The Norse." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Newspaper:</b> The community newspaper is printed twice a week in Decorah - <i>The Driftless Journal</i> and <i>Decorah Public Opinion</i>. Newspaper office location: 110 Washington Street, Decorah, IA 52101. </p><p><b>Web:</b> The local independent news web site is Decorah News.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2009-0528-MN-IA16-Decorah-MilwaukeeRoadDepot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/2009-0528-MN-IA16-Decorah-MilwaukeeRoadDepot.jpg/250px-2009-0528-MN-IA16-Decorah-MilwaukeeRoadDepot.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/2009-0528-MN-IA16-Decorah-MilwaukeeRoadDepot.jpg/375px-2009-0528-MN-IA16-Decorah-MilwaukeeRoadDepot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/2009-0528-MN-IA16-Decorah-MilwaukeeRoadDepot.jpg/500px-2009-0528-MN-IA16-Decorah-MilwaukeeRoadDepot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2899" data-file-height="1963" /></a><figcaption>Historic <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee,_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad">Milwaukee Road</a> Depot; it is now used as a chiropractic office. Historic photo seen here:<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </figcaption></figure> <ul><li>KLNI 88.7 (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Public_Radio" title="Minnesota Public Radio">Minnesota Public Radio</a> News)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPVL" title="KPVL">KPVL</a> 89.1 (Studios in both Postville and Decorah)</li> <li>KLCD 89.5 (Classical <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Public_Radio" title="Minnesota Public Radio">Minnesota Public Radio</a>)</li> <li>K247BF-LP 97.3 (Translator for KWVI)</li> <li>K257CI-LP 99.3 (Translator for <a href="/wiki/KQYB" title="KQYB">KQYB</a>-FM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDHK" title="KDHK">KDHK</a> 100.5 "Hawk Rawk"</li> <li>K268AF-LP 101.5 (Translator for KFSI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVIK" title="KVIK">KVIK</a> 104.7 "The Viking"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDEC_(AM)" title="KDEC (AM)">KDEC</a> 1240</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWLC" title="KWLC">KWLC</a> 1240 (<a href="/wiki/Luther_College_(Iowa)" title="Luther College (Iowa)">Luther College</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>Other nearby stations include:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KCZQ" title="KCZQ">KCZQ</a> 102.3 (<a href="/wiki/Cresco,_IA" class="mw-redirect" title="Cresco, IA">Cresco, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOEL_(AM)" title="KOEL (AM)">KOEL</a> 950 (<a href="/wiki/Oelwein,_IA" class="mw-redirect" title="Oelwein, IA">Oelwein, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOEL-FM" title="KOEL-FM">KOEL-FM</a> 92.3 (<a href="/wiki/Oelwein" class="mw-redirect" title="Oelwein">Oelwein</a>-<a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_IA" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterloo, IA">Waterloo, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIZM-FM" title="WIZM-FM">WIZM-FM</a> 93.3 (<a href="/wiki/La_Crosse,_WI" class="mw-redirect" title="La Crosse, WI">La Crosse, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQYB" title="KQYB">KQYB</a> 98.3 (<a href="/wiki/Spring_Grove,_MN" class="mw-redirect" title="Spring Grove, MN">Spring Grove, MN</a>-<a href="/wiki/La_Crosse,_WI" class="mw-redirect" title="La Crosse, WI">La Crosse, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNEI" class="mw-redirect" title="KNEI">KNEI</a> 103.5 (<a href="/wiki/Waukon,_IA" class="mw-redirect" title="Waukon, IA">Waukon, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KROC-FM" title="KROC-FM">KROC-FM</a> 106.9 (<a href="/wiki/Rochester,_MN" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester, MN">Rochester, MN</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Douglass_Adams" title="Ephraim Douglass Adams">Ephraim Douglass Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford</a> historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_Cormontan" title="Theodora Cormontan">Theodora Cormontan</a>, Norwegian-American pianist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Foege" title="William Foege">William Foege</a>, epidemiologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Garden" title="Edward L. Garden">Edward L. Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josey_Jewell" title="Josey Jewell">Josey Jewell</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> linebacker, <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgann_Johnson" title="Georgann Johnson">Georgann Johnson</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brayshaw_Kaye" title="John Brayshaw Kaye">John Brayshaw Kaye</a>, poet and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raef_LaFrentz" title="Raef LaFrentz">Raef LaFrentz</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> power forward</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Astrup_Larsen" title="Hanna Astrup Larsen">Hanna Astrup Larsen</a> (1873–1945), writer and editor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston_Noble" title="Weston Noble">Weston Noble</a>, music educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pinter" title="Mark Pinter">Mark Pinter</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Refsal" title="Harley Refsal">Harley Refsal</a>, woodcarver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reichow" title="Jerry Reichow">Jerry Reichow</a>, nine-year NFL veteran, offensive end for 1957 champion <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Sand" title="Rob Sand">Rob Sand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Auditor" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa State Auditor">Iowa State Auditor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Schwarz" title="Dean Schwarz">Dean Schwarz</a>, American Potter and Painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Veblen" title="Oswald Veblen">Oswald Veblen</a>, mathematician, geometer and topologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_B._Wist" title="Johannes B. Wist">Johannes B. Wist</a>, journalist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorah,_Iowa&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 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