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Muscatine (,/m//ʌ//s//k//ə/'/t//i//n/ musskəTEEN) is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,797 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from 22,697 in 2000. The county seat of Muscatine County, it is located along the Mississippi River. The local business association states that the name Muscatine is not used by any other community. Muscatine is the principal city of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area (2010 census population 54,132) as of 2011 the estimate was 54,184, which includes all of Muscatine and Louisa counties, making it the 283rd largest micropolitan statistical area.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.35 square miles (48 km2), of which 17.30 square miles (45 km2) is land and 1.05 square miles (3 km2) is water. Muscatine is primarily located on a series of bluffs and hills at a major west south bend in the Mississippi River. The river bend gives the city roughly 260 degrees of riverfront. The "highland" area of the town is divided into three ridge like hills by Papoose Creek and Mad Creek, each of which flow individually into the Mississippi in downtown Muscatine. The city's main roads follow these ridges and valleys in a radial fashion. Several large working class neighborhoods and industrial sectors have been built on what is called "Muscatine Island". This flat, sandy expanse was largely underwater before a portion of the Mississippi River rerouted to follow the course of the present day Muscatine Slough. It is unclear when the river changed course. The hills, river, and island are all integral to the diversity of Muscatine's economy and housing sector. As the city's urbanized area develops, the areas of highest elevation in the "High Prairie" crescent (between the Cedar and Mississippi Rivers) are increasingly taken from agricultural use and developed as suburban housing. Positioned some 25 mile (40 km) (30 minutes) from the Quad Cities, 38 mile (61 km) (52 minutes) from Iowa City and some 68 mile (109 km) (75 minutes) from Cedar Rapids, Muscatine is the smallest link in a non contiguous populated area which surpassed 800,000 residents in the decade following the 2000 census. The key feature of this region is that although the populated areas are non contiguous, a high percentage of residents commute among the cities for work, particularly those in professional fields.

As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 22,697 people, 8,923 households, and 6,040 families residing in the city. The population density was There were 9,375 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was 90.40% White, 1.08% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 6.04% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 12.30% of the population. There were 8,923 households, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.04. Age spread: 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $38,122, and the median income for a family was $45,366. Males had a median income of $36,440 versus $23,953 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,483. About 8.0% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

Companies in Muscatine include Bridgestone Bandag, H. J. Heinz Company, The Raymond Corporation Carver Pump, Bayer, the Kent Corporation with its subsidiaries: Kent Nutrition Group, Grain Processing Corporation and Kent Pet Group, Musco Lighting and Stanley Consultants. The Musser Lumber Company was one of Iowa's pioneer lumber concerns. Headquartered in Muscatine, The HNI Corporation designs and manufactures office furniture including chairs, filing cabinets, workstations, tables, desks and educational furniture under various brand names The HON Company, Allsteel, HBF, Artcobell, Paoli, Gunlocke, Maxon, Lamex, bpergo, and Midwest Folding Products.

Muscatine Community School District is home to Muscatine High School, which has the athletic teams under the name Muscatine Muskies. The district covers almost all of the city limits. A small portion of the city limits is within the Louisa–Muscatine Community School District. Muscatine is home to Muscatine Community College and the MCC Cardinals.

The Muscatine Journal newspaper circulates daily Monday through Saturday throughout the Muscatine area and on muscatinejournal. com. Established in 1840, the Muscatine Journal was once owned by Mark Twain's brother, Orion Clemens, and Twain wrote for the paper during his time in Muscatine. Today, the publication and its weekly shopper Hometown Extra are owned by Lee Enterprises. The Voice of Muscatine, a publication of Jam Media Solutions, has been an operation newspaper since October 28, 2015. It is a county wide publication, servicing Muscatine County.

Jam Media Solutions, LLC. has two radio stations in Muscatine; KWPC AM has been a long part of the city's history, and KMCS FM has been in the community since 1996. Townsquare Media's KBEA FM transmits from a tower near 10 mile (16 km) north of Muscatine, but broadcasts from studios shared with other Townsquare Media stations in the Quad Cities community of Davenport. Residents also receive radio broadcasts from stations in the Quad Cities, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Burlington, Waterloo, and Aledo, Illinois (WRMJ).

Muscatine and Muscatine County are part of the Quad Cities Television Market. As such, all broadcast stations from this market are available both over the air and on pay television providers such as cable television and satellite television. Depending on location, terrain, and type of antenna used, some Muscatine area residents can also receive television signals from Cedar Rapids–Waterloo, and the Iowa side of the Ottumwa–Kirksville market.

Muscatine is located along two designated routes of Iowa's "Commercial Industrial Network", U. S. Highway 61 and Iowa Highway 92. Highway 61 serves as a major agricultural industry route to the south from Burlington to Muscatine, where it becomes a heavy industrial and major commuter route to the northeast between Muscatine and Davenport. In conjunction with Iowa 92, which provides access to the Avenue of the Saints (U. S. 218/IA 27) to the west and the lightly populated western Illinois via the Norbert Beckey Bridge to the east, Highway 61 serves as a shortcut for traffic from northeastern Missouri and southeastern Iowa en route to the Quad Cities, Chicago, and points beyond. Several regional highway improvement projects are in the works to further establish and capitalize on this trade route. Additionally, Muscatine is connected to Interstate 80 to the north by fifteen miles (15 mile (24 km)) of Iowa Highway 38. Iowa Highway 22 also connects with U. S. 218/IA 27 to the west, and Davenport to the east. The port of Muscatine is proposed for construction. The MuscaBus is the primary provider of mass transportation in Muscatine, with four routes serving the region. As of 2019, the system provided 149,140 rides over 21,796 annual vehicle revenue hours with 4 buses and 5 paratransit vehicles. MuscaBus operates 4 weekday bus routes on a pulse system with three routes leaving City Hall on the hour and half hour. On Saturdays, two routes operate from City Hall. Hours of operation for the system are Monday through Friday from 6:30 A. M. to 5:00 P. M and Saturdays from 8:30 A. M. to 4:15 P. M. There is no service on Sundays.

Grain Processing Corp. (GPC) has been known to pollute the air by emitting small particles from its coal burning, acetaldehyde as a byproduct from corn ethanol processing, and also lead. "The plant released more lead than any other plant in Iowa, according to DNR data. It emitted more acetaldehyde – a probable carcinogen chemically similar to formaldehyde – than almost any plant in the country." In 2006 GPC had to pay a $538,000 fine (538000.0 in 2006 is equivalent to about <calculated amount> in recent years) for violating the hourly operating limit for years. The company moved from coal to natural gas as their fuel source and built a new $83 million (equivalent to $ in ) animal feed dryer to meet the new emissions requirements. The company claimed that, by 2018, these projects would reduce overall pollution by 87%. Environmental improvements from GPC and other businesses in the area allowed EPA's Muscatine County SO2 Nonattainment Area, which includes all of the City of Muscatine, to be re classified to attainment status for EPA's 1 hour SO2 national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) on October 4, 2018. The actions required to achieve attainment status resulted in a reduction of over 10,000 lbs of SO2 emissions per year. The Muscatine Area Resource Recovery for Vehicles and Energy program (MARRVE) is building a food waste collection station for the anaerobic digesters at the municipal wastewater facility. The first phase of MARRVE began operating in December 2019. MARRVE processes between 25 and 30 tons of food waste per day. MARRVE will generate biogas for vehicles and biosolids for fertilizer, while also reducing local methane emissions.