Editing Davenport, Iowa (section)

==Economy==
Davenport's biggest labor industry is manufacturing, with over 7,600 jobs in the sector.<ref name=Census>{{cite web|title=Davenport, IA |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFEconFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US1919000&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US19%7C16000US1919000&_street=&_county=davenport&_cityTown=davenport&_state=04000US19&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=business_1&ds_name=&_ci_nbr=&qr_name=&reg=&_keyword=&_industry= |access-date=2008-02-26 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Deere & Company|John Deere]] is the second largest employer in the Quad Cities, after the [[Rock Island Arsenal]] as a whole. Deere, however, is the largest single employer, employing 7,200 workers in the Quad Cities and 948 on its north side Davenport plant.<ref name=2010Budget/><ref name=Deere>{{cite news|title=The Answer Book 2011|newspaper=Quad City Times|page=20}}</ref> [[John Deere World Headquarters]] is located in Moline. Other large employers in Davenport and the Quad Cities include, [[Genesis Health System]] with 5,125 employees and 4,900 in Davenport, Trinity Regional Health System with 3,333, regional grocery store [[Hy-Vee]] with 3,138 and the [[Davenport Community School District]] with 2,237 employees.<ref name=Deere/>

Davenport is the headquarters for department store [[Von Maur]], which has 24 stores.<ref name=VonMaur2>{{cite news|title=Von Maur's strategy of steady growth pays off during downturn|work=Quad-City Times|url=http://www.qctimes.com/business/article_6e85102d-4dee-51a0-9ecf-5b0dbe5fd6d9.html|date=November 10, 2008|access-date=2009-12-04|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401043032/http://qctimes.com/business/article_6e85102d-4dee-51a0-9ecf-5b0dbe5fd6d9.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Davenport is also the headquarters of [[Lee Enterprises]], which publishes fifty daily newspapers and more than 300 weekly newspapers, shoppers, and specialty publications, along with online sites in 23 states.<ref name=Lee>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=LEE|title=Profile: Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE)|work=Reuters|access-date=2010-12-05|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080002/http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=LEE|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of September 2009, the unemployment rate in Davenport and the rest of the Quad Cities, had risen to 8.4%.<ref name=Labor>{{cite web| title=Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL| publisher=United States Department of Labor| url=http://stats.bls.gov/eag/eag.ia_davenport_msa.htm| access-date=2009-11-18| archive-date=August 26, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826174240/http://stats.bls.gov/eag/eag.ia_davenport_msa.htm| url-status=live}}</ref>

The median income for a household in the city was $40,378, with families earning $51,445.<ref name=Census2>{{cite web| title =Davenport, Iowa Income| publisher =United States Census Bureau| url =http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1919000&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S1901&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_| access-date =2008-02-26| archive-url =https://archive.today/20200210214454/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1919000&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S1901&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_| archive-date =February 10, 2020| url-status =dead}}</ref> Males had a median income of $41,853 versus $30,002 for females.<ref name=Census2/> The per capita income for the city was $18,828. About 10.5% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.2% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those ages 65 or over.

The surrounding Quad Cities have major places of employment, including the Rock Island Arsenal,<ref name=Arsenal>{{cite news|url=http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/rock-island/article_558c7a93-2129-581c-8767-4354eefa5ac5.html|title=From D-Day to RIA, historic First Army brings clout to QC|work=Quad-City Times|last=Arnold|first=Rebecca|date=July 14, 2007|access-date=2009-03-25|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424201103/http://qctimes.com/news/local/rock-island/article_558c7a93-2129-581c-8767-4354eefa5ac5.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[KONE, Inc]] and [[Alcoa]].