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Rockford, IL Urban Area

274,256 Population
133.8 square miles 2,049.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,125 ±$1,650 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,948 ±$3,021 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.1% ±2% (46,291  ±5,534) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.4 minutes ±1 (2,533,565  ±160,515) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

112,372 ±2,524 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (270,103  ±4,622) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8.5% ±2.8% (5,279  ±1,718) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

121,911 ±1,704 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$158,900 ±$4,546 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.1% ±2% (35,440  ±5,357) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.7% ±3% (163,255  ±6,140.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
23.1% ±1.7% (43,007  ±3,302.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.2% ±1% (25,256  ±2,882) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5% ±0.7% (10,415  ±1,463) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,415 Total veterans ±1,463 9,446 Male ±1,329 969 Female ±476

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