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Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, with a population of 147,881. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 53.90% of residents identify as white, 21.50% as ...
Rockford is now Illinois' fifth largest city, according to the 2020 U.S. Census. Rockford's population shrunk by 2.8% between 2010 and 2020.
For 2020, Illinois comes in third for states with the worst population decline. In fact, 66 percent of people who moved in Illinois in 2020, left for another state, that's according to a study ...
Two Illinois cities, Rockford and Decatur, are among the fastest-shrinking cities in the country, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, part of an ongoing trend of Midwestern ...
The Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area, otherwise known as Boone and Winnebago Counties, tops the state for the second year in a row when it comes to population growth rate.