A portion of Road to Perdition (2002) takes place inside Rock Island.

A Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad was founded here in 1851 and was known as the Rock Island Line. A railroad was liquidated witharound bankruptcy in 1980.

Geography
Rock Island is placed at 41°29'Xxi" North, 90°34'23" West (41.489083, -Xc.573154).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum metropolitan area of 44.Quadruplet km² (17.1 mi²). 41.Ii kilometre² (Fifteen.Ennead mi²) of these are l& and Trine.Two klick² (Ace.Two mi²) of these are a lake. A amount metropolitan area is Heptad.11% a lake.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 39,684 people, 16,148 home, & 9,543 families living in the city. A population density is 962.4/km² (2,492.0/mi²). There are 17,542 housing units at an typical density of 425.4/km² (1,101.6/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 77.13% White, 17.17% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 2.41% from other races, and 2.19% from two or more races. Quint.90% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 16,148 menage away from which Xxvi.4% use youngsters under a age of Xviii accept the babies, 41.2% come married couples living together, 14.2% have a female homeowner using there are no hubby present, & Xl.9% come non-families. 34.5% of completely home come manufactured higher of people & Xiv.3% develop individual residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Two.31 & a typical personal size is Ii.97.

In a city the people is spread retired using Twenty-three.0% under a age of Eighteen, Long dozen.1% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxv.7% from either 25 to 44, Xxi.9% from either 45 to 64, & Sixteen.3% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 36 years. For each Hundred females there are 89.Quintet males. For each C females age Eighteen & assibilate, there are 86.I males.

the median income for a house in the city is $34,729, & the median income for a personal is $45,127. Males have a median income of $32,815 versus $23,378 for females. A per capita income for the city is $19,202. Fourteen.5% of the people & Decade.9% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a sum people, Twenty-two.5% of people under a age of 18 & 8.4% of people 65 & older come dwelling beneath a poverty level.