Regional Profile
According to the U.S. Census Bureau 2008 American Community Survey, the Davenport-Moline, Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 378,879. The 2008 Gross Domestic Product was $16,791,000,000.
The Quad City Region is in the primary center of a 12-county commercial/industrial center. Combining the six-county Quad City Region with the contiguous counties of Knox, Warren, Whiteside in Illinois and Cedar, Jackson and Louisa counties in Iowa, the total value of industrial output is $40 billion and population is nearly 655,000 people.
The region is within a 2 ½ hour drive of Chicago—the 18th largest economy in the world and the third largest consumer market in the U.S.
A World Class Business Location
that is Engineered for World Class Businesses
The region specializes and excels in the areas of advanced logistics, financial services and information technology, food processing and packaging, and advanced manufacturing.
The region is home to world class business leaders within each of these areas of specialization including Alcoa, John Deere, Kraft, Tyson, Modern Woodmen of America, and Honda to name a few. And is also home to a major U.S. Department of Defense manufacturing facility, the Rock Island Arsenal, employing more than 7,000 people.
While regional leaders continue to engineer the infrastructure and economic development programs to provide the most efficient, profitable and high performance location in North America, the region’s businesses continue to engineer their businesses to adapt and compete more effectively in today’s global economy. For example, Alcoa has invested more than $500 million in technological improvements in the past decade to make the Davenport Works the aluminum industry’s leader.