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Rockford, IL Urban Area

271,411 Population
133.8 square miles 2,028.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,540 ±$1,636 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,441 ±$3,372 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.1% ±2.1% (42,911  ±5,777) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.6 minutes ±1.2 (2,674,450  ±165,725) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

113,022 ±2,284 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (267,134  ±4,939) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±1.5% (3,239  ±903) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

119,409 ±1,951 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$176,800 ±$6,139 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.6% ±2.1% (28,368  ±5,614.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.4% ±3.1% (163,519  ±6,364.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26% ±1.7% (48,026  ±3,202.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.7% ±1.1% (29,020  ±2,937) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±0.8% (11,741  ±1,669) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,741 Total veterans ±1,669 10,767 Male ±1,570 974 Female ±408

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