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Quad Cities
Population
385,630 (136th)

The Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, more formally known as the Davenport–Moline–Rock Island Metropolitan Statistical Area is the metropolitan area associated with the Quad Cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in Illinois and their suburbs in northwest Illinois and southeast Iowa. The Quad Cities Metropolitan Area is also considered part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis, and is the largest Metropolitan Area along the Mississippi River in Iowa and between Minneapolis–Saint Paul and the St. Louis metropolitan area.[1] The Davenport–Moline–Rock Island Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of four counties: Scott County in Iowa and Henry, Mercer, and Rock Island counties in Illinois. The Quad City Metro population as of a 2013 estimate is 383,681 and a CSA population of 474,937, making it the 90th largest CSA in the nation.[2][3][4] In addition to the five anchor cities, the Quad Cities area comprises surrounding smaller communities. Examples include the Iowa cities of Dixon, Donahue, Eldridge, Long Grove, Park View, Blue Grass, Buffalo, Montpelier, Walcott, Maysville, McCausland, Mount Joy, New Liberty, Princeton, LeClaire, Panorama Park and Riverdale. The Illinois communities are Silvis, Milan, Andalusia, Carbon Cliff, Coal Valley, Colona, Geneseo, Hampton, Port Byron, Orion, Kewanee, Annawan, Aledo, and Rapids City.

Communities

Largest municipalities

2015 rank City County (State) 2015 estimate 2010 Census Change
1 Davenport Scott (Iowa) 104,582 99,685 +4.91%[5]
2 Moline Rock Island (Illinois) 42,681 43,483 −1.84%[6]
3 Rock Island Rock Island (Illinois) 38,620 39,018 −1.02%[7]
4 Bettendorf Scott (Iowa) 36,505 33,217 +9.90%[8]
5 East Moline Rock Island (Illinois) 21,350 21,302 +0.23%[9]

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

Unincorporated places

References

  1. ^ Great Lakes Megalopolis
  2. ^ List of Combined Statistical Areas
  3. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1,". 2013 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. June 2012. Archived from the original (CSV) on April 27, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas
  5. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1739727,1722073,1765078,1906355,1749867,1919000
  6. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1739727,1722073,1765078,1906355,1749867,1919000
  7. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1739727,1722073,1765078,1906355,1749867,1919000
  8. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1739727,1722073,1765078,1906355,1749867,1919000
  9. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1739727,1722073,1765078,1906355,1749867,1919000
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