Quad Cities Metropolitan Area

Quad Cities
Quad Cities
Map of Quad Cities
Country United States
State(s)  Iowa
 Illinois
Largest city Davenport, Iowa
Other cities  - Bettendorf, Iowa
 - Moline, Illinois
 - Rock Island, Illinois
 - East Moline, Illinois
Area
 • Total 2,314 sq mi (5,990 km2)
Highest elevation 850 ft (259 m)
Lowest elevation 590 ft (180 m)
Population
 • Total 385,630 (136th)
 • Rank 136th in the U.S.

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 and its 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.

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]
6 Kewanee Henry (Illinois) 12,533 12,916 −2.97%[10]

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

Unincorporated places

References

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