† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMolineIllinoisUnited States
German18.8%16.1%12.5%
Irish10.7%10.6%9.4%
English9.4%6.9%9.5%
Swedish4.2%1.5%—
American3.5%3.3%5.3%
Italian2.7%5.4%4.8%
Polish1.6%6.0%2.2%
Scottish1.5%—1.3%
Mexican17.2%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.7%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%——
Guatemalan0.3%0.3%0.5%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
African American†9.2%12.1%9.9%
African1.1%0.5%0.5%
Asian Indian1.1%2.1%1.4%
Burmese1.1%——
Filipino0.4%1.0%0.9%
Afghan0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Moline
Illinois
United States
Median age
38
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Moline
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$67,701
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.5%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.8%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Moline
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.2%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
11.1%
14.0%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.4%
0.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
2.6%
2.0%
Other languages
1.3%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Moline
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Moline, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+13.1%
2008
+21.6%
2012
+20.0%
2016
+11.8%
2020
+18.7%
2024
+16.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
56.9%Harris10,614
40.5%Trump7,554
2.6%
D+16.4
R+2.3
D+17.9
18,662
D
58.1%Biden11,359
39.4%Trump7,700
2.5%
D+18.7
D+6.9
D+14.3
19,556
D
51.9%Clinton9,721
40.1%Trump7,513
7.9%
D+11.8
R+8.2
D+9.7
18,722
D
59.1%Obama11,338
39.2%Romney7,510
1.7%
D+20.0
R+1.6
D+16.1
19,179
D
60.1%Obama11,936
38.5%McCain7,654
1.4%
D+21.6
D+8.5
D+14.3
19,868
D
56.2%Kerry10,918
43.2%Bush8,383
0.6%
D+13.1
—
D+15.5
19,424
Moline sits on the Mississippi River as part of the bi-state Quad Cities metro, where a manufacturing and logistics workforce has historically driven competitive margins in Rock Island County legislative and statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.6 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 42,197, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,701 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kansas City and Rockford.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Moline, Illinois voted Democratic by 16.4 points (D+16.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 18,662 votes cast, 10,614 went Democratic and 7,554 went Republican.
How many people live in Moline, Illinois?
Moline, Illinois has a population of 42,197 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Moline, Illinois?
Median household income in Moline, Illinois is $67,701 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Moline, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Moline, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
