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Mercer Co. Fact Sheet, July 2006

Mercer Co. Fact Sheet, July 2006

Education Sites/Attractions/Lodging Type Number Enrollment Public Libraries ...... 6 Community Unit School Districts .... 3 ...... 3,269 Campgrounds ...... 5 Elementary ...... 6 ...... 1,630 City Parks ...... 16 Mercer County, Junior High...... 3 ...... 634 Marinas ...... 1 (planned) Senior High School ...... 3 ...... 1,005 Golf Courses ...... 1 Public, 1 Private Swimming Pools...... 1 Public, 1 Private Student-Teacher Ratio: 13.5 to 1 - All Grades Museums/Historical Societies ...... 8 Average Expenditure Per Student: $4,361.33 Hotels/Motels/Bed & Breakfasts ...... 3 Average Drop-out Rate: 1.3% • The is located along the wester bor- (State of Illinois Average: 4%) der of Mercer County and offers extensive boating and Average High School Graduation Rate: 91.1% recreational opportunities. FFAACTCT (State of Illinois Average: 87.4%) FFAACTCT • The Rock River is located 25 miles northeast of central Mercer County and is navigable for recreation. Source: Illinois State Board of Education, 2005. • The Edwards River runs through Mercer County and Educational Attainment: offers recreational opportunities such as fishing and Residents age 25 and over with: Percent canoeing. High School Diploma or higher: ...... 84.9 • Other recreational offerings include: baseball dia- monds, tennis courts, bowling alleys, senior citizen SSHHEEEETT Bachelor’s, Graduate, or Professional Degree .. 12.7 centers, fitness centers, gymnastics, YMCA, bingo, Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. disc golf courses, a BMX race track, and the Mercer County Fairgrounds celebrating 150 years. Educational Institutions: Mercer County is within close proximity (60 miles) to Mercer County Courthouse many colleges and universities where individuals can Religious Affiliations pursue a number of higher education goals while main- Location Market Comparison taining a full-time job and residency in Mercer County. Assemblies of God ...... 2 Methodist ...... 7 Baptist ...... 3 Presbyterian ...... 8 (Population within 300 miles) 4-Year Institutions: Mercer County is situated along U.S. Highway 67 Catholic...... 5 Other...... 4 Million Ashford University, Clinton, IA • Augustana College, Rock and State Highways 17 and 94 in Illinois. Coast to Lutheran ...... 4 Island, IL • Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA • Hamilton coast transportation capacity is attainable by easy MERCER COUNTY ...... 36.9 Technical College, Davenport, IA • Wesleyan Col- Source: American Religion Data Archive, 2000. access to Interstates 74, 80, and 280 to the east /St. Paul, MN ...... 15.3 lege, Mount Pleasant, IA • , Davenport, and northeast. St. Louis, MO...... 34.3 IA • Knox College, Galesburg, IL • Monmouth College, Medical Care Kansas City, MO ...... 17.9 Monmouth, IL • Palmer College of Chiropractic, Daven- The 300-mile market represents over 13% of the port, IA • Quad City Graduate Center, Rock Island, IL • Hospitals...... 1 Omaha, NE ...... 12.3 St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA • Trinity College of Medical Doctors ...... 17 nation’s population and seven major metropolitan Nursing and Health Sciences, Rock Island, IL • University Number of licensed hospital beds...... 39 areas including , , Kansas City, Income Data of Iowa, Iowa City, IA • Western Illinois University Region- Doctors of Osteopathic...... 1 , Minneapolis/St. Paul, Omaha, and al Center, Moline, IL Dentists ...... 3 Doctors of Chiropractic ...... 5 St. Louis. 2-Year Institutions: Number of Nursing Homes ...... 2 Blackhawk College - East Campus, Kewanee, IL • Black- Number of licensed nursing home beds ...... 175 Population hawk College - Campus, Moline, IL • Carl Number of assisted living beds ...... 66 Population Sandburg Junior College, Galesburg, IL • Clinton Commu- Total Population...... 16,957 nity College, Clinton, IA • Kirkwood Community College. Source: Bi-State Regional Commission Number of Households ...... 6,624 Cedar Rapids, IA • Morrison Institute of Technology, Mor- 2010 Projected Population ...... *17,430 rison, IL • Muscatine Community College, Muscatine, IA Presented by: • , Pleasant Valley, IA • South- Median Age – 39.5 Median Household Income ...... $40,893 100 S.E. Third Street eastern Community College, West Burlington, IA Per Capita Income ...... $18,645 Aledo, IL 61232 Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000; *2010 Projec- tion: Woods & Poole, 2005. Total Retail Sales ...... $126.996 million 309.582.7814 (Voice) Source: National Center for Educational Statistics. Retail Sales Tax Receipts ...... $5.02 million 309.582.2541 (Fax) Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000; Sales and History The mission of the Mercer Growth Organization Marketing Management (VNU Business Media, Inc.), 2005; Named after Revolutionary War hero General Hugh Mercer, (MERGO) is to expand current Mercer County and Illinois Department of Revenue, 2005. Mercer County was chartered in 1835 as part of the old businesses and attract new businesses to our commu- and the Military Tract. , nities by finding ways to offer incentives as well as Housing Costs as part of the militia in the Blackhawk War, marched through helping secure financing. Median Median the County in 1832 and returned in 1834 to survey the town With assistance from: of New Boston. The western portion of the county along the Bi-State Regional Commission Gross Rent Home Value Mississippi River is part of the Yellowbanks Territory, named MERCER COUNTY has two INDUSTRIAL PARKS with MERCER COUNTY ...... $392 ...... $70,900 by the Sauk and Fox Indians because of the yellow, sandy available sites; for more information, please contact: Quad Cities MSA...... $468 ...... $83,300 soil along the riverbank. New Boston and Keithsburg are Aledo City Hall, 309.582.7241 the focal points of Yellowbanks in Mercer County. Aledo, with Midwest Region...... $533 ...... $102,000 Viola Village Hall, 309.596.2513 a population of 3,613, is the county seat and is known for its United States ...... $602 ...... $111,800 old stone houses built during the Civil War. Published July 2006 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. County Services Selected Major Employers Transportation Geography County Board ...... 10 Elected Members Over 100 employees: Highway Serving Area: Mercer County encompasses 561 square miles and is County Zoning & Building Ordinances in Effect ....Yes General Grind & Machine, Inc. Interstates: I-74, 80, 88, and 280 the 45th largest of the 102 counties in the State of Illi- Number of Full-Time Deputy Sheriffs ...... 11 Mercer County Hospital Federal: U.S. 61, 67, and 150 nois. The area consists of gently rolling uplands and Number of Auxiliary Deputies ...... 12 Mercer County Nursing Home State: IL 17, 81, 92, and 94 streams (tributaries of the Mississippi River), with eleva- tions ranging from 810 feet above sea level in the uplands K-9 Unit ...... Yes Sherrard Community Unit School District #200 near New Windsor to 530 feet in an area along the Mis- Enhanced 911 Emergency Telephone System .....Yes Wal-Mart Store #792 Motor Freight Service: Westmer Community Unit School District #203 There is access to all interstates east-west and north- sissippi River near Keithsburg. Much of the land is used south. The Quad City Metropolitan Statistical Area, just for agriculture with a total of 292,719 acres of farmland Additional Public Services: 50 to 99 employees: (81.5% of Mercer County’s land area). Aledo YMCA north of Mercer County, is served by over 200 motor Accident Reconstructionist, AMBER Alerts, Crime freight carriers. With major break-bulk facilities located Aledo Community Unit School District #201 Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricul- Stoppers, DARE, Photo ID in the region, consistent service to and from Mercer Alexis Fire Equipment Company, Inc. ture Statistical Service, 2002 Census of Agriculture; U.S. Contigroup Companies, Inc. County is assured. (Consolidated terminals by major Census Bureau, Census 2000; Soil Survey of Mercer Coun- Development Resources Farmers State Bank of Western Illinois carriers provide one day better service for just-in-time ty, Illinois. deliveries.) • Aledo Tax Increment Financing District Mercer County • Ameren Economic Development Services Under 50 employees: Climate Major Trucking Carriers in the region: • Bi-State Regional Commission 3-D Concrete, Inc. Adrian Carriers • Amhof Trucking • Freight • Average Winter Temperature...... 27.4°F/ -5°C • East Campus Training Programs Bryce’s Roofing Average Summer Temperature ...... 71.4°F/ 22°C • Chambers of Commerce and Economic Development Meminger Manufacturing Dohrn Transfer • FedEx Freight • Roadway Express • Standard Forwarding • United Parcel Service (UPS) • Average Annual Precipitation ...... 36.0 inches/91.4 cm Associations Midwest Fibre Products, Inc. Average Annual Snowfall ...... 28.8 inches/73.2 cm • Keithsburg Revolving Loan Program USFreightways • Wenger Truck Line • Mercer Growth Organization (MERGO) Source: Dunn and Bradstreet MarketPlace, First Quarter Source: National Climatic Data Ctr., 1971-2000 avg. for • Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority 2006. Air Service (Commercial): Aledo. (QCREDA) The Quad City International Airport is located within 25 • Quad City Development Group (QCDG) Employment by Industry miles and offers approximately 60 daily flights with one- Road Mileage stop service to 8 convenient hubs: • Small Business Development Assistance 2004 Albuquerque, NM ...... 1,285 Jacksonville, FL ...... 1,139 • Technology Transfer Center – Civilian Labor Force...... 8,763 • AirTran to Atlanta and Orlando Atlanta, GA ...... 789 Kansas City, MO ...... 392 Employment ...... 8,176 • American Eagle to Chicago O’Hare and Bismarck, ND ...... 806 Los Angeles, CA...... 1,881 Unemployment ...... 587 Dallas-Ft. Worth Boston, MA ...... 1,158 Milwaukee, WI ...... 243 Housing % Unemployment ...... 6.7% • Delta Connection to Atlanta and Orlando Chicago, IL ...... 202 Minneapolis, MN ...... 380 Number of Homes Percent Farm Employment...... 926 • Northwest AirLink to , Memphis, and , OH...... 406 New Orleans, LA ...... 936 Total Housing Units ...... 7,109 ...... N/A Nonfarm Employment ...... 5,050 Minneapolis/St. Paul Dallas, TX ...... 947 New York, NY ...... 961 Total Single Family Homes ...... 6,215 ...... 87.4 Forestry and Fishing ...... 91 • United Express to Chicago O’Hare and Denver Denver, CO ...... 870 Omaha, NE ...... 317 Other Homes...... 894 ...... 12.6 Construction ...... 411 Other Amenities: Detroit, MI...... 455 Pittsburgh, PA ...... 640 • 41.7% of Mercer County’s housing units were build Manufacturing ...... 344 • On-site U.S. Customs Port of Entry and Civil Air Houston, TX ...... 1,178 Portland, OR ...... 1,968 before 1939. Wholesale Trade ...... 203 Patrol Indianapolis, IN ...... 293 Salt Lake City, UT ...... 1,245 • Fixed Base Operator (Elliott Aviation) Residency (since 1995): Percent Retail Trade ...... 665 Information ...... 63 • Airfield – Fully instrumentized, three Mercer County and Surrounding Area Lived in the same Mercer County residence...... 64.8 runway system Lived in a different Mercer County residence ..... 16.9 Finance and Insurance...... 292 Real Estate ...... 160 • Runway lengths: 10,000 ft. (3,048 m), Lived elsewhere in the State of Illinois ...... 11.4 Professional and Technical ...... 172 7,000 ft. (2,134m), and 4,500 ft. Lived in another state in the U.S...... 6.7 Administrative ...... 174 (1,371m); all 150 ft. (46m) wide Lived in a foreign country or at sea...... 0.2 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation ...... 96 Major Air Freight Carriers: Accommodation and Food Services ...... 214 Bax Global • DHL/Danzas Air & Ocean • Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000. Other Services, except Public Administration ...... 550 DHL Express • UPS Supply Chain Solu- tions Media/Telecom Government ...... 1,200

Newspapers ...... Daily and Sunday - 2, Weekly - 1 Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security – Air Service (Municipal): Radio Stations ...... 1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Mercer County Airport offers fuel and Stations ...... 6 storage availability. Runway length: Telephone Service: AT&T, Frontier Communications, Mc- 2,480 ft. (756m); width: 45 ft. (14m). Cleod, New Windsor Telephone, Qwest, Reynolds Commercial Services Lindell Aerial Ag Service – private firm Telephone Co., Viola Telephone Company Banks ...... 7 specializing in crop dusting, seeding, and Cellular Service: Cingular/AT&T, GTE, i Wireless, Sprint/ spraying. Nextel, U.S. Cellular, Verizon/MCI Savings and Loans ...... 1 Broadband/DSL: AT&T/Yahoo High Speed Internet, Fron- Credit Unions ...... 1 Sources: Bi-State Regional Commission, tier Communications, McLeod, , Qwest Total Deposits ...... $277,886,956 Mercer County Airport and Quad City Interna- Internet Service Providers: LightEdge Solutions, Media- tional Airport. com, QC Connect, Quad Cities Online, Tricom, Winco, Sources: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), June 30, 2005; National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Decem- Frontier Communications, Reynolds Telephone Co. Waterway/Barge: ber 2005. Mail/Parcel Service: United Parcel Service operates dis- • The Mississippi River, with its 9-foot tribution centers in the Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities. channel and 10-month navigation season, forms the western border of Mercer Coun- Source: Compiled by Bi-State Regional Commission. ty. Two barge terminals are located along the Mississippi in Mercer County. County Services Selected Major Employers Transportation Geography County Board ...... 10 Elected Members Over 100 employees: Highway Serving Area: Mercer County encompasses 561 square miles and is County Zoning & Building Ordinances in Effect ....Yes General Grind & Machine, Inc. Interstates: I-74, 80, 88, and 280 the 45th largest of the 102 counties in the State of Illi- Number of Full-Time Deputy Sheriffs ...... 11 Mercer County Hospital Federal: U.S. 61, 67, and 150 nois. The area consists of gently rolling uplands and Number of Auxiliary Deputies ...... 12 Mercer County Nursing Home State: IL 17, 81, 92, and 94 streams (tributaries of the Mississippi River), with eleva- tions ranging from 810 feet above sea level in the uplands K-9 Unit ...... Yes Sherrard Community Unit School District #200 near New Windsor to 530 feet in an area along the Mis- Enhanced 911 Emergency Telephone System .....Yes Wal-Mart Store #792 Motor Freight Service: Westmer Community Unit School District #203 There is access to all interstates east-west and north- sissippi River near Keithsburg. Much of the land is used south. The Quad City Metropolitan Statistical Area, just for agriculture with a total of 292,719 acres of farmland Additional Public Services: 50 to 99 employees: (81.5% of Mercer County’s land area). Aledo YMCA north of Mercer County, is served by over 200 motor Accident Reconstructionist, AMBER Alerts, Crime freight carriers. With major break-bulk facilities located Aledo Community Unit School District #201 Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricul- Stoppers, DARE, Photo ID in the region, consistent service to and from Mercer Alexis Fire Equipment Company, Inc. ture Statistical Service, 2002 Census of Agriculture; U.S. Contigroup Companies, Inc. County is assured. (Consolidated terminals by major Census Bureau, Census 2000; Soil Survey of Mercer Coun- Development Resources Farmers State Bank of Western Illinois carriers provide one day better service for just-in-time ty, Illinois. deliveries.) • Aledo Tax Increment Financing District Mercer County • Ameren Economic Development Services Under 50 employees: Climate Major Trucking Carriers in the region: • Bi-State Regional Commission 3-D Concrete, Inc. Adrian Carriers • Amhof Trucking • Black Hawk Freight • Average Winter Temperature...... 27.4°F/ -5°C • Black Hawk College East Campus Training Programs Bryce’s Roofing Average Summer Temperature ...... 71.4°F/ 22°C • Chambers of Commerce and Economic Development Meminger Manufacturing Dohrn Transfer • FedEx Freight • Roadway Express • Standard Forwarding • United Parcel Service (UPS) • Average Annual Precipitation ...... 36.0 inches/91.4 cm Associations Midwest Fibre Products, Inc. Average Annual Snowfall ...... 28.8 inches/73.2 cm • Keithsburg Revolving Loan Program USFreightways • Wenger Truck Line • Mercer Growth Organization (MERGO) Source: Dunn and Bradstreet MarketPlace, First Quarter Source: National Climatic Data Ctr., 1971-2000 avg. for • Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority 2006. Air Service (Commercial): Aledo. (QCREDA) The Quad City International Airport is located within 25 • Quad City Development Group (QCDG) Employment by Industry miles and offers approximately 60 daily flights with one- Road Mileage stop service to 8 convenient hubs: • Small Business Development Assistance 2004 Albuquerque, NM ...... 1,285 Jacksonville, FL ...... 1,139 • Technology Transfer Center – Rock Island Arsenal Civilian Labor Force...... 8,763 • AirTran to Atlanta and Orlando Atlanta, GA ...... 789 Kansas City, MO ...... 392 Employment ...... 8,176 • American Eagle to Chicago O’Hare and Bismarck, ND ...... 806 Los Angeles, CA...... 1,881 Unemployment ...... 587 Dallas-Ft. Worth Boston, MA ...... 1,158 Milwaukee, WI ...... 243 Housing % Unemployment ...... 6.7% • Delta Connection to Atlanta and Orlando Chicago, IL ...... 202 Minneapolis, MN ...... 380 Number of Homes Percent Farm Employment...... 926 • Northwest AirLink to Detroit, Memphis, and Cincinnati, OH...... 406 New Orleans, LA ...... 936 Total Housing Units ...... 7,109 ...... N/A Nonfarm Employment ...... 5,050 Minneapolis/St. Paul Dallas, TX ...... 947 New York, NY ...... 961 Total Single Family Homes ...... 6,215 ...... 87.4 Forestry and Fishing ...... 91 • United Express to Chicago O’Hare and Denver Denver, CO ...... 870 Omaha, NE ...... 317 Other Homes...... 894 ...... 12.6 Construction ...... 411 Other Amenities: Detroit, MI...... 455 Pittsburgh, PA ...... 640 • 41.7% of Mercer County’s housing units were build Manufacturing ...... 344 • On-site U.S. Customs Port of Entry and Civil Air Houston, TX ...... 1,178 Portland, OR ...... 1,968 before 1939. Wholesale Trade ...... 203 Patrol Indianapolis, IN ...... 293 Salt Lake City, UT ...... 1,245 • Fixed Base Operator (Elliott Aviation) Residency (since 1995): Percent Retail Trade ...... 665 Information ...... 63 • Airfield – Fully instrumentized, three Mercer County and Surrounding Area Lived in the same Mercer County residence...... 64.8 runway system Lived in a different Mercer County residence ..... 16.9 Finance and Insurance...... 292 Real Estate ...... 160 • Runway lengths: 10,000 ft. (3,048 m), Lived elsewhere in the State of Illinois ...... 11.4 Professional and Technical ...... 172 7,000 ft. (2,134m), and 4,500 ft. Lived in another state in the U.S...... 6.7 Administrative ...... 174 (1,371m); all 150 ft. (46m) wide Lived in a foreign country or at sea...... 0.2 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation ...... 96 Major Air Freight Carriers: Accommodation and Food Services ...... 214 Bax Global • DHL/Danzas Air & Ocean • Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000. Other Services, except Public Administration ...... 550 DHL Express • UPS Supply Chain Solu- tions Media/Telecom Government ...... 1,200

Newspapers ...... Daily and Sunday - 2, Weekly - 1 Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security – Air Service (Municipal): Radio Stations ...... 1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Mercer County Airport offers fuel and Television Stations ...... 6 storage availability. Runway length: Telephone Service: AT&T, Frontier Communications, Mc- 2,480 ft. (756m); width: 45 ft. (14m). Cleod, New Windsor Telephone, Qwest, Reynolds Commercial Services Lindell Aerial Ag Service – private firm Telephone Co., Viola Telephone Company Banks ...... 7 specializing in crop dusting, seeding, and Cellular Service: Cingular/AT&T, GTE, i Wireless, Sprint/ spraying. Nextel, U.S. Cellular, Verizon/MCI Savings and Loans ...... 1 Broadband/DSL: AT&T/Yahoo High Speed Internet, Fron- Credit Unions ...... 1 Sources: Bi-State Regional Commission, tier Communications, McLeod, Mediacom, Qwest Total Deposits ...... $277,886,956 Mercer County Airport and Quad City Interna- Internet Service Providers: LightEdge Solutions, Media- tional Airport. com, QC Connect, Quad Cities Online, Tricom, Winco, Sources: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), June 30, 2005; National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Decem- Frontier Communications, Reynolds Telephone Co. Waterway/Barge: ber 2005. Mail/Parcel Service: United Parcel Service operates dis- • The Mississippi River, with its 9-foot tribution centers in the Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities. channel and 10-month navigation season, forms the western border of Mercer Coun- Source: Compiled by Bi-State Regional Commission. ty. Two barge terminals are located along the Mississippi in Mercer County. Education Sites/Attractions/Lodging Type Number Enrollment Public Libraries ...... 6 Community Unit School Districts .... 3 ...... 3,269 Campgrounds ...... 5 Elementary ...... 6 ...... 1,630 City Parks ...... 16 Mercer County, Illinois Junior High...... 3 ...... 634 Marinas ...... 1 (planned) Senior High School ...... 3 ...... 1,005 Golf Courses ...... 1 Public, 1 Private Swimming Pools...... 1 Public, 1 Private Student-Teacher Ratio: 13.5 to 1 - All Grades Museums/Historical Societies ...... 8 Average Expenditure Per Student: $4,361.33 Hotels/Motels/Bed & Breakfasts ...... 3 Average Drop-out Rate: 1.3% • The Mississippi River is located along the wester bor- (State of Illinois Average: 4%) der of Mercer County and offers extensive boating and Average High School Graduation Rate: 91.1% recreational opportunities. FFAACTCT (State of Illinois Average: 87.4%) FFAACTCT • The Rock River is located 25 miles northeast of central Mercer County and is navigable for recreation. Source: Illinois State Board of Education, 2005. • The Edwards River runs through Mercer County and Educational Attainment: offers recreational opportunities such as fishing and Residents age 25 and over with: Percent canoeing. High School Diploma or higher: ...... 84.9 • Other recreational offerings include: baseball dia- monds, tennis courts, bowling alleys, senior citizen SSHHEEEETT Bachelor’s, Graduate, or Professional Degree .. 12.7 centers, fitness centers, gymnastics, YMCA, bingo, Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. disc golf courses, a BMX race track, and the Mercer County Fairgrounds celebrating 150 years. Educational Institutions: Mercer County is within close proximity (60 miles) to Mercer County Courthouse many colleges and universities where individuals can Religious Affiliations pursue a number of higher education goals while main- Location Market Comparison taining a full-time job and residency in Mercer County. Assemblies of God ...... 2 Methodist ...... 7 Baptist ...... 3 Presbyterian ...... 8 (Population within 300 miles) 4-Year Institutions: Mercer County is situated along U.S. Highway 67 Catholic...... 5 Other...... 4 Million Ashford University, Clinton, IA • Augustana College, Rock and State Highways 17 and 94 in Illinois. Coast to Lutheran ...... 4 Island, IL • Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA • Hamilton coast transportation capacity is attainable by easy MERCER COUNTY ...... 36.9 Technical College, Davenport, IA • Iowa Wesleyan Col- Source: American Religion Data Archive, 2000. access to Interstates 74, 80, and 280 to the east Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN ...... 15.3 lege, Mount Pleasant, IA • Kaplan University, Davenport, and northeast. St. Louis, MO...... 34.3 IA • Knox College, Galesburg, IL • Monmouth College, Medical Care Kansas City, MO ...... 17.9 Monmouth, IL • Palmer College of Chiropractic, Daven- The 300-mile market represents over 13% of the port, IA • Quad City Graduate Center, Rock Island, IL • Hospitals...... 1 Omaha, NE ...... 12.3 St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA • Trinity College of Medical Doctors ...... 17 nation’s population and seven major metropolitan Nursing and Health Sciences, Rock Island, IL • University Number of licensed hospital beds...... 39 areas including Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Income Data of Iowa, Iowa City, IA • Western Illinois University Region- Doctors of Osteopathic...... 1 Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Omaha, and al Center, Moline, IL Dentists ...... 3 Doctors of Chiropractic ...... 5 St. Louis. 2-Year Institutions: Number of Nursing Homes ...... 2 Blackhawk College - East Campus, Kewanee, IL • Black- Number of licensed nursing home beds ...... 175 Population hawk College - Quad Cities Campus, Moline, IL • Carl Number of assisted living beds ...... 66 Population Sandburg Junior College, Galesburg, IL • Clinton Commu- Total Population...... 16,957 nity College, Clinton, IA • Kirkwood Community College. Source: Bi-State Regional Commission Number of Households ...... 6,624 Cedar Rapids, IA • Morrison Institute of Technology, Mor- 2010 Projected Population ...... *17,430 rison, IL • Muscatine Community College, Muscatine, IA Presented by: • Scott Community College, Pleasant Valley, IA • South- Median Age – 39.5 Median Household Income ...... $40,893 100 S.E. Third Street eastern Community College, West Burlington, IA Per Capita Income ...... $18,645 Aledo, IL 61232 Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000; *2010 Projec- tion: Woods & Poole, 2005. Total Retail Sales ...... $126.996 million 309.582.7814 (Voice) Source: National Center for Educational Statistics. Retail Sales Tax Receipts ...... $5.02 million 309.582.2541 (Fax) Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000; Sales and History The mission of the Mercer Growth Organization Marketing Management (VNU Business Media, Inc.), 2005; Named after Revolutionary War hero General Hugh Mercer, (MERGO) is to expand current Mercer County and Illinois Department of Revenue, 2005. Mercer County was chartered in 1835 as part of the old businesses and attract new businesses to our commu- Northwest Territory and the Military Tract. Abraham Lincoln, nities by finding ways to offer incentives as well as Housing Costs as part of the militia in the Blackhawk War, marched through helping secure financing. Median Median the County in 1832 and returned in 1834 to survey the town With assistance from: of New Boston. The western portion of the county along the Bi-State Regional Commission Gross Rent Home Value Mississippi River is part of the Yellowbanks Territory, named MERCER COUNTY has two INDUSTRIAL PARKS with MERCER COUNTY ...... $392 ...... $70,900 by the Sauk and Fox Indians because of the yellow, sandy available sites; for more information, please contact: Quad Cities MSA...... $468 ...... $83,300 soil along the riverbank. New Boston and Keithsburg are Aledo City Hall, 309.582.7241 the focal points of Yellowbanks in Mercer County. Aledo, with Midwest Region...... $533 ...... $102,000 Viola Village Hall, 309.596.2513 a population of 3,613, is the county seat and is known for its United States ...... $602 ...... $111,800 old stone houses built during the Civil War. Published July 2006 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.

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