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Rockford, IL
147,486 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1765000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Rockford ranked #201 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Rockford and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Topeka KS, Evansville IN, Peoria IL, Columbia MO, Winston-Salem NC, Fort Collins CO, Columbia SC, Akron OH, Springfield MO, Green Bay WI, Lubbock TX, Chattanooga TN, South Bend IN · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #201 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #199 | #284 | #260 | #208 | #276 | #307 | #303 | #290 | #305 | #277 | #298 | #293 | #271 | #298 | #266 | #291 | #286 | #238 | #201 | #242 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 151,589 | 152,538 | 154,206 | 154,370 | 153,587 | 153,147 | 152,129 | 151,258 | 150,608 | 149,378 | 148,465 | 147,796 | 147,008 | 146,307 | 145,609 | 148,696 | 147,792 | 146,937 | 146,799 | 147,486 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #121 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | +0.0 | +0.4 | +0.8 | -0.1 | -0.6 | — | -0.9 | -1.0 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #225 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 10 in its peer group with data | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #104 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 19.4% | 21.9% | 19.5% | 20.6% | 21.3% | 22.1% | 25.7% | 22.0% | 20.9% | 23.2% | 20.5% | 21.6% | 19.9% | 21.3% | 21.1% | — | 23.0% | 20.4% | 19.3% | 22.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #255 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 12.5 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 8.6 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 15.7 | 10.3 | 20.2 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 12.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #262 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | 217.7 | 258.1 | 285.0 | 235.7 | 310.8 | 253.7 | 260.5 | 272.2 | 214.2 | 335.4 | 318.7 | 336.7 | 270.0 | 218.4 | 352.4 | 408.0 | 363.4 | 249.3 | 206.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 94,941 | 95,272 | 95,729 | 95,143 | 88,725 | 86,764 | 88,418 | 87,002 | 81,691 | 89,360 | 83,136 | 86,143 | 85,866 | 86,251 | 85,596 | 79,031 | 77,425 | 83,452 | 84,679 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #117 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.5 | -1.6 | -1.8 | +1.3 | +0.4 | -1.4 | +0.3 | -1.9 | -4.0 | +3.6 | -4.1 | +0.7 | +0.6 | -1.9 | +0.9 | +0.7 | -1.4 | +4.3 | +0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57,828 | 60,585 | 64,351 | 63,776 | 62,321 | 63,220 | 63,839 | 66,646 | 62,018 | — | 58,973 | 64,065 | 66,885 | 64,638 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #260 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.5% | 15.7% | 14.0% | 13.5% | 13.4% | 11.5% | 12.1% | 8.1% | 9.2% | — | 12.8% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 6.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #179 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 7% | 2% | 15% | 12% | 12% | 18% | 23% | 19% | 19% | 22% | 16% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 23% | 20% | 16% | 32% | 20% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #25 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $1,211 | $1,267 | $1,274 | $1,403 | $1,416 | $1,628 | $1,590 | $1,487 | $1,378 | $1,215 | $1,154 | $1,190 | $912 | $804 | $709 | $805 | $783 | $668 | $580 | $497 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Rockford. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.