Quad Cities Metropolitan Area

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. 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 2010 estimate is 379,690.

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.

Places with 60,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

 * Davenport, Iowa

Places with 30,000 to 60,000 inhabitants

 * Bettendorf, Iowa
 * Moline, Illinois
 * Rock Island, Illinois

Places with 10,000 to 30,000 inhabitants

 * East Moline, Illinois
 * Silvis, Illinois

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

 * Aledo, Illinois
 * Blue Grass, Iowa
 * Buffalo, Iowa
 * Coal Valley, Illinois
 * Eldridge, Iowa
 * Geneseo, Illinois
 * Hampton, Illinois
 * Kewanee, Illinois
 * Le Claire, Iowa
 * Milan, Illinois
 * Orion, Illinois
 * Park View, Iowa
 * Port Byron, Illinois
 * Walcott, Iowa

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

 * Annawan, Illinois
 * Cleveland, Illinois
 * Dixon, Iowa
 * Donahue, Iowa
 * Long Grove, Iowa
 * Maysville, Iowa
 * McCausland, Iowa
 * New Liberty, Iowa
 * Princeton, Iowa
 * Panorama Park, Iowa
 * Riverdale, Iowa
 * Sherrard, Illinois

Unincorporated places

 * Creekville, Iowa
 * Matherville, Illinois
 * Montpelier, Iowa
 * Mount Joy, Iowa