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Rock Island
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city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rock Island is referenced by 2,589 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Quad Cities and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IL.
It is catalogued under topics including 1835 establishments in Illinois, Cities in Illinois and Cities in Rock Island County, Illinois.
Its subject is documented across 50 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Rock Island
- Mayor
- Ashley Harris ( D )
- City
- 17.07 sq mi (44.22 km )
- Land
- 16.87 sq mi (43.70 km )
- Water
- 0.20 sq mi (0.53 km )
- Elevation
- 623 ft (190 m)
- Density
- 2,199.5/sq mi (849.23/km )
- Metro
- 384,324 ( US: 147th )
- Csa
- 474,019 ( US: 90th )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 61201, 61204, 61299
- Fips code
- 17-65078
- Website
- rigov .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Rock Island
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Rock Island County
- Population
- 37108
- Area
- 46.278768
- Elevation
- 184
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Body of water
- Mississippi River
- Capital of
- Rock Island County
- Official website
- rigov.org
- Image
- Second Avenue - Rock Island, Illinois.jpg
- Households
- 15538
- Dialing code
- 309
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- Commons category
- Rock Island, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Rock Island, Illinois
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Rock Island, Illinois
- postal code
- 61299
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rock Island, Illinois
- inception
- 1841-00-00
- P8168
- Rytvozh
- water as percent of area
- 5.7195
- per capita income
- 25596
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Encyclopedic overview
Rock Island is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 37,108 at the 2020 census. Located at the confluence of the Rock and Mississippi rivers, it is one of the Quad Cities along with neighboring Moline and East Moline in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities metropolitan area had a population of 384,324 in 2020.
The city is home to Rock Island Arsenal, the largest government-owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the United States, which employs 6,000 people. The original Rock Island, from which the city name is derived, is now called Arsenal Island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rock Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.