Rockford, Illinois Demographics

Rockford is 3rd in Illinois out of 324 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Rockford is 3rd in Illinois out of 338 other cities in Current population (2012)

Rockford is 3rd in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Households

Rockford is 3rd in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Housing units

Rockford is 3rd in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Size in square miles

Rockford is 5th in Illinois out of 307 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Rockford is 7th in Illinois out of 318 other cities in Retail sales

Rockford is 19th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Rockford	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	150,843	3rd	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	61.1	3rd	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,502.8	146th	231.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rockford	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	63rd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.9%	136th	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	146th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rockford	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.7%	289th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.1%	216th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rockford	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	65.1%	288th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	20.5%	52nd	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	67th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.9%	122nd	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	229th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.6%	19th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	72nd	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	271st	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rockford	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	51.7%	138th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.3%	136th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rockford	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	66,700	3rd	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	35.7%	56th	32.9%	25.9%
Households	59,606	3rd	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.2%	299th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,500	264th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	212th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Rockford	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$21,895	258th	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$38,864	298th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.7%	22nd	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rockford	Rank	Illinois	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,102	3rd	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,276,624	7th	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,556	144th	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$320,128	5th	$25,469,026	$613,795,732