Illinois · Census place 1749867

Moline, Illinois

Moline is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois with an estimated 42,442 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
42,442
#36 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-449 people
Land area
16.8 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
2,534 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Moline. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Moline population, 2020 to 2024

Moline lost 449 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +277. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 172nd; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Moline is 2.9 times that size.

42.9k202042.5k202142.1k202242.2k202342.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 42,983. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Moline covers 16.75 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 2,534 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Moline is denser than the typical town.

What county Moline is in

All of Moline's residents live in Rock Island County, which had 142,731 residents in 2024. Moline holds 29.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moline

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moline by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61265. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Moline is

The Census internal point of Moline is at 41.482300, -90.493400. Springfield, the capital, is 125.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Davenport, IA (100,938 people), 7.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.482300, -90.493400
DMS
41°28'56.28"N 90°29'36.24"W
UTM
15N 709273.0E 4595332.4N
Geohash
9zreuz8ey
Plus code
86HFFGJ4+WJ

Daylight in Moline

At 41.48° N, Moline gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moline

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Coal Valley, 4.1 miles away, with 3,883 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Moline, IL?

42,442 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 449 (1.0%) from 42,891 in July 2020.

What county is Moline in?

Rock Island County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Moline?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61265.

How far is Moline from Springfield?

125.6 miles (202.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Moline.

What is the nearest larger city to Moline?

Davenport, IA, with 100,938 residents, 7.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.