Moline, Illinois

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The 2000 Census showed that Moline had a population of 43,768 people^<1>. This represents 0.35% of the total population of Illinois, making it the state's 31st most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
28	Downers Grove	E	129 mi [207.6 km]	49,250	1.08% increase
29	Tinley Park	E	138 mi [222.1 km]	59,198	22.31% increase
30	Normal	SE	102 mi [164.2 km]	52,056	14.7% increase
-31-	Moline			43,088	1.55% decrease
32	Buffalo Grove	E	138 mi [222.1 km]	42,972	0.15% increase
33	Elmhurst	E	134 mi [215.7 km]	46,013	7.6% increase
34	Lombard	E	130 mi [209.2 km]	42,890	1.34% increase

Moline had 19,487 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Moline has an area^<4> of 15.6 square miles [40.4 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Moline had a 2000 population density of 2,805 people per square mile [1,083 people/km²], making it the state's 150th most densely populated area.

Rock Island County

The city of Moline is located in Rock Island County.

The county had a population of 149,127 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 43,768 people, Moline contained 29.35% of the Rock Island County total.

In addition, where the community of Moline has a population density of 2,805 people per square mile [1,083 people/km²], Rock Island County averages 349.4 people per square mile [134.9 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Rock Island County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Moline and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Moline. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Moline. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Moline, it also contains a comparison between Moline and the state of Illinois.

Click here for the Moline QuickFact (QF-1749867).

The following communities are nearby Moline and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Rock Island	QF-1765078	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	38,139	3.89% decrease
	Bettendorf (IA)	QF-1906355	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	32,584	4.19% increase
	Davenport (IA)	QF-1919000	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	100,827	2.51% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Moline.

A Census Quickfact is available for Rock Island County (QF-19161).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Rock Island County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clinton (IA)	QF-19045	N	48,942	2.21% decrease
	Whiteside	QF-17195	NE	59,153	2.44% decrease
	Henry	QF-17073	SE	49,569	2.9% decrease
	Mercer	QF-17131	SW	16,481	2.8% decrease
	Louisa (IA)	QF-19115	SW	11,725	3.64% decrease
	Muscatine (IA)	QF-19139	W	42,504	1.69% increase
	Scott (IA)	QF-19163	NW	164,690	3.8% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Moline:

Moline is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Moline.

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Moline. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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