2024 population: 337,103 ( 1,714 from 2020)
Land area: 793.8 square miles
Population density: 424.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	215,308	63.87%	5.5%
Black:	40,914	12.14%	2.4%
Indian:	635	0.19%	2.8%
Asian:	9,760	2.90%	13.2%
2+ races:	8,893	2.64%	10.4%
Hispanic:	61,593	18.27%	14.5%

Total non-White:	121,795	36.13%	9.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	16,042	11.8
Deaths:	16,624	12.3
Net Migration:	-5,489	-4.1
Net Immigration:	4,318	3.2

Change in White population:	-12,484	-3.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,770	3.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
338,817
227,792	67.23%
39,952	11.79%
618	0.18%
8,624	2.55%
8,055	2.38%
53,776	15.87%
111,025	32.77%

2010
349,431
254,953	72.96%
36,334	10.40%
631	0.18%
7,465	2.14%
6,536	1.87%
43,144	12.35%
94,478	27.04%

2000
320,204
256,353	80.06%
29,390	9.18%
670	0.21%
5,001	1.56%
4,136	1.29%
24,425	7.63%
63,851	19.94%

1990
283,719
247,289	87.16%
23,116	8.15%
772	0.27%
3,522	1.24%
n/a
9,020	3.18%
36,430	12.84%

1980
279,514
249,800	89.37%
20,800	7.44%
685	0.25%
1,760	0.63%
n/a
6,316	2.26%
29,714	10.63%

1970
272,063
251,721	92.52%
15,823	5.82%
254	0.09%
290	0.11%
n/a
3,679	1.35%
20,342	7.48%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
38,636	11.1
30,215	8.6
-25,449	-7.3
3,511	1.0

-27,161	-7.8
16,547	4.7

Number	Rate
2000's
43,905	13.7
26,114	8.2
7,157	2.2
6,772	2.1

-1,400	-0.4
30,627	9.6

Number	Rate
1990's
44,718	15.8
25,915	9.1
1,977	0.7
4,571	1.6

9,064	3.2
27,421	9.7

Number	Rate
1980's
43,628	15.6
23,134	8.3
-15,286	-5.5
n/a

-2,511	-0.9
6,716	2.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-19,483	-7.2
n/a

-1,921	-0.7
9,372	3.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Rockford, IL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.4
79,389	23.6%
257,714	76.4%
59,945	17.8%

134,238
2.49

86,630	64.5%
61,365	70.8%
10,733	12.4%
47,608	35.5%

2010
Number	Percent
38.1
89,264	25.5%
260,167	74.5%
47,079	13.5%

134,006
2.57

91,127	68.0%
66,027	72.5%
11,017	12.1%
42,879	32.0%

2000
Number	Percent
35.8
85,963	26.8%
234,241	73.2%
39,918	12.5%

122,597
2.57

85,407	69.7%
66,981	78.4%
8,853	10.4%
37,190	30.3%

1990
Number	Percent
33.4
74,762	26.4%
208,957	73.6%
35,665	12.6%

107,759
2.59

77,755	72.2%
63,458	81.6%
7,078	9.1%
30,004	27.8%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
83,738	30.0%
195,776	70.0%
28,388	10.2%

98,913
2.78

74,927	75.8%
64,091	85.5%
5,539	7.4%
23,986	24.2%

2022 Housing Data for Rockford, IL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,331	5.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,796	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,756	4.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,734	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,992	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,367	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,326	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,332	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,673	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,344	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	12,979	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	17,076	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	13,006	9.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,955	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,232	7.6%
$200,000 or more	8,339	6.2%

Median Household Income	64,397
Per Capita Income	33,981

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,438	5.5%
Public Assistance	4,537	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	25,460	19.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	122,998	70.2%
Unemployed	10,139	5.8%
In Armed Forces	65	0.0%

Total Labor Force	133,202	76.0%
Not in Labor Force	41,964	24.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	63,719	50,956	55.6%
Non-Profit	4,576	8,864	34.0%
Self-Employed	7,033	4,236	62.4%

Local Government	3,943	6,583	37.5%
State Government	1,536	1,944	44.1%
Federal Government	1,006	1,094	47.9%

Total Private + Self	70,752	55,192	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	11,061	18,485	37.4%
Total	81,813	73,677	52.6%

Pct. Govt.	10.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	20,637	13.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	31,522	20.2%
Professional, Technical	29,971	19.2%
Service Occupations	26,848	17.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	432	0.3%
All others	46,848	30.1%

White Collar		52.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	32,268	20.7%
Health care and social assistance	22,076	14.2%
Retail trade	17,675	11.3%
Educational services	11,655	7.5%
Accommodation and food services	10,720	6.9%
Construction	9,782	6.3%
Transportation and warehousing	9,341	6.0%
Other services	7,235	4.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,019	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	6,369	4.1%
Finance and insurance	5,186	3.3%
Public administration	4,356	2.8%
Wholesale trade	4,147	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,483	1.6%
Information	2,027	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,373	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,031	0.7%
Utilities	872	0.6%
Management	109	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	102	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	43,906	12.99%
Puerto Rican	3,267	0.97%
Cuban	954	0.28%
Dominican	354	0.10%

Total Central American	1,450	0.43%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	641	0.19%
Honduran	166	0.05%
Nicaraguan	55	0.02%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	588	0.17%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,090	0.32%
Argentinean	168	0.05%
Bolivian	27	0.01%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	221	0.07%
Ecuadorian	338	0.10%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	119	0.04%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	217	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,594	0.47%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	1,882	0.56%
Filipino	1,563	0.46%
Laotian	1,106	0.33%
Chinese	1,067	0.32%
Vietnamese	592	0.18%
Burmese	459	0.14%
Korean	393	0.12%
Mongolian	202	0.06%
Thai	104	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	268,500	84.5%
Spanish	34,544	10.9%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,779	0.9%
Other Indo-European	2,548	0.8%
Other Asian	2,062	0.6%
Other	1,949	0.6%
Arabic	1,666	0.5%
Tagalog	1,093	0.3%
Chinese	875	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	73,856	21.8%
Irish	39,130	11.6%
English	28,170	8.3%
Italian	23,900	7.1%
Swedish	23,600	7.0%
Polish	14,140	4.2%
Norwegian	10,225	3.0%
American	9,950	2.9%
French	5,296	1.6%
Scottish	4,807	1.4%
European	4,067	1.2%
Dutch	3,779	1.1%
Danish	1,981	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	1,775	0.5%
Russian	1,732	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	322,068	95.3%
Not a citizen	15,982	4.7%

Native	308,003	91.1%
Foreign-born	30,047	8.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,399	4.1%	17,524	7.7%	71,704	31.3%	75,148	32.8%	35,009	15.3%	20,227	8.8%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,399	4.1%
9-12 Years	17,524	7.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	71,704	31.3%
Some College	75,148	32.8%
Bach. Degree	35,009	15.3%
Grad Degree	20,227	8.8%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	319,420	301,566	17,854	5.6%
1991	320,774	296,892	23,882	7.4%
1992	325,840	298,986	26,854	8.2%
1993	326,920	300,524	26,396	8.1%
1994	328,354	311,244	17,110	5.2%
1995	333,210	320,696	12,514	3.8%
1996	338,690	323,990	14,700	4.3%
1997	345,082	331,082	14,000	4.1%
1998	342,882	329,530	13,352	3.9%
1999	345,942	331,580	14,362	4.2%

2000	338,030	323,116	14,914	4.4%
2001	331,036	311,584	19,452	5.9%
2002	325,958	302,994	22,964	7.0%
2003	325,146	299,034	26,112	8.0%
2004	327,536	303,864	23,672	7.2%
2005	331,972	310,980	20,992	6.3%
2006	341,110	323,024	18,086	5.3%
2007	350,636	329,094	21,542	6.1%
2008	348,630	318,152	30,478	8.7%
2009	341,460	289,462	51,998	15.2%

2010	353,862	303,926	49,936	14.1%
2011	348,692	307,216	41,476	11.9%
2012	344,032	307,586	36,446	10.6%
2013	338,464	303,222	35,242	10.4%
2014	336,228	308,358	27,870	8.3%
2015	337,084	313,654	23,430	7.0%
2016	336,694	314,402	22,292	6.6%
2017	330,864	309,414	21,450	6.5%
2018	336,712	317,708	19,004	5.6%
2019	332,390	314,458	17,932	5.4%

2020	322,678	285,946	36,732	11.4%
2021	317,318	290,172	27,146	8.6%
2022	316,588	297,922	18,666	5.9%
2023	313,896	294,094	19,802	6.3%
2024	321,338	303,322	18,016	5.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	145,222
Median Value	$151,650

Occupied	134,238	92.4%
Vacant	10,984	7.6%

Owned	91,610	68.2%
Rented	42,628	31.8%
Median Rent	$941

Single-Family Units	109,387	75.3%
Detached	103,203	71.1%
Attached	6,184	4.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	15,431	10.6%
Mobile Homes	2,862	2.0%

Rockford, IL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Rockford, IL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Rockford, IL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Rockford, IL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Rockford, IL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Rockford, IL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Rockford, IL Metro Area