Davenport (Iowa)

Scott County

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Davenport is a city in the U.S. state of Iowa. In the census in 2010 a population of 99 685 has been registered. The city is part of the so-called Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois. Known devices are the Palmer College of Chiropractic and St. Ambrose University. Davenport is the capital of Scott County.

Davenport regularly makes headlines because it is the only city on the Mississippi River, which does not have a backup or flood dikes. It prefers the open access to the river, for every newly constructed buildings must be above the 100 - year high water level or be secured by flood walls. Examples of safe from flooding or flood secured buildings are the John O'Donnell Stadium and the Figge Art Museum.

Some quite well-known festivals are held here, including the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, The Mississippi Valley Fair, and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, which is dedicated to originating from Davenport Bix Beiderbecke.

Transport links

Davenport is located on the highways I-80, I-280 and I- 74.

The Davenport Municipal Airport can only be approached by small planes, the next commercial airport is Quad City International Airport on the other bank of the Mississippi in Moline (Illinois ).

Davenport Illinois is about 1.17 km long skirt Iceland Centennial Bridge with rock Iceland, connected.

Demography

The population of Davenport has developed according to the results of every 10 -yearly censuses of the United States Census Bureau as follows:

According to an extrapolation of a population of 98 975 was estimated for 2007.

As a result of the 2000 census, a population of 98 359 people in 39 124 households, and 24,804 determined for Davenport. This gives a population density of 605 per km ². There 41,350 housing units were counted. The population continued in 2000 from 83.68 % White, 9.24 % African American, 0.37 % Native American, 2.00 % Asian, and 0.02 % from the Pacific Islands together; 2.32 % reported other ethnicity, 2.36 % reported multiple ethnic affiliation. 5.36% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Among the 39 124 counted households 31.8% had children under the age of 18; 46.0 % were married couples living together. 29.5 % of households were single-person households. The average household size was 2.44 persons and the average family size was 3.03.

After age division, the population consisted of 26.2% under 18, 10.7 % from 18 to 24, 30.1% 25-44 years, 20.9% from 45 to 64 years and 12.1 % at age of 65 years and above. The median age was 34 years.

The median household income was $ 40 378. The per capita income was U.S. $ 18,828. About 10.5 % of families and 14.1 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

Twinning

Davenport has twinning (2006) with Kaiserslautern in Rhineland -Palatinate (1960), in the Brazilian state of Bahia with Ilheus (2005), with Carlow in Ireland and Brandenburg an der Havel in Brandenburg ( 2013).

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Henry Carter Adams (1851-1921), financial and economic scientists
  • Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931), jazz musician
  • John Bishop (1946-2011), R & B and jazz guitarist
  • Lara Flynn Boyle (born 1970 ), actress
  • Samuel Franklin Cody (1867-1913), aviation pioneer
  • Roger Craig ( born 1960 ), NFL player
  • Ricky Davis ( born 1979 ), NBA professional
  • Eugene Burton Ely (1886-1911), aviation pioneer
  • Susan Glaspell (1876-1948), author
  • Cary Grant (1904-1986), actor ( died in there)
  • Anne Marie Howard ( born 1960 ), actress
  • Elmer Layden (1903-1973), American football player, sports official
  • Sue Lyon ( born 1946 ), actress
  • Stuart Margolin ( born 1940 ), actor, director and screenwriter
  • Michael Nunn ( born 1963 ), former boxer
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