Johnny Carson's home state

I believe the answer is:

iowa

(Other definitions for iowa that I've seen before include "US swing electoral state" , "US state, capital Des Moines" , "US state, three vowels" , "part of United States" , "Central US state" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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