Rockford Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Rockford metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Rockford in 2024 is 333,000, a 0.91% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Rockford in 2023 was 330,000, a 0.61% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Rockford in 2022 was 328,000, a 0.61% increase from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Rockford in 2021 was 326,000, a 0.62% increase from 2020.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

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City Name Population
New York City 19,034,000
Los Angeles 12,598,000
Chicago 8,984,000
Houston 6,802,000
Dallas-Fort Worth 6,655,000
Miami 6,317,000
Atlanta 6,193,000
Philadelphia 5,821,000
Washington DC 5,545,000
Phoenix 4,777,000
Boston 4,367,000
Seattle 3,549,000
Detroit 3,528,000
San Diego 3,345,000
San Francisco 3,343,000
Minneapolis 3,014,000
Tampa 3,009,000
Denver 2,963,000
Las Vegas 2,953,000
Riverside-San Bernardino 2,631,000
San Antonio 2,491,000
Baltimore 2,370,000
Charlotte 2,321,000
Austin 2,274,000
Portland 2,243,000
Sacramento 2,243,000
St. Louis 2,242,000
Orlando 2,101,000
Indianapolis 1,903,000
San Jose 1,834,000
Cincinnati 1,787,000
Cleveland 1,771,000
Kansas City 1,739,000
Columbus 1,727,000
Pittsburgh 1,708,000
Raleigh 1,629,000
Virginia Beach 1,496,000
Milwaukee 1,463,000
Jacksonville 1,345,000
Nashville 1,333,000
Salt Lake City 1,214,000
Providence 1,210,000
Memphis 1,179,000
Richmond 1,151,000
Louisville 1,126,000
McAllen 1,100,000
Oklahoma City 1,027,000
Tucson 1,024,000
Hartford 1,024,000
New Orleans 1,021,000
El Paso 996,000
Temecula-Murrieta 994,000
Albuquerque 967,000
Bridgeport-Stamford 967,000
Cape Coral 957,000
Honolulu 920,000
Buffalo 886,000
Birmingham 871,000
Omaha 868,000
Provo-Orem 859,000
Fresno 803,000
Tulsa 799,000
Knoxville 796,000
Allentown 793,000
Baton Rouge 776,000
Columbia, South Carolina 766,000
Sarasota-Bradenton 765,000
Ogden-Layton 761,000
Charleston-North Charleston 756,000
Rochester 753,000
Dayton 750,000
Bakersfield 741,000
Concord 704,000
The Woodlands 701,000
Colorado Springs 701,000
Springfield 685,000
Mission Viejo 653,000
Albany 642,000
Grand Rapids 610,000
Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley 607,000
New Haven 604,000
Kissimmee 600,000
Fayetteville-Springdale 575,000
Des Moines 573,000
Harrisburg 572,000
Akron 568,000
Greenville 568,000
Worcester 567,000
Port St. Lucie 565,000
Winston-Salem 545,000
Wichita 544,000
Little Rock 539,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne 539,000
Lancaster-Palmdale 538,000
Reno 538,000
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh 533,000
Lancaster 526,000
Daytona Beach-Port Orange 514,000
Toledo 513,000
Madison 513,000
Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs 504,000
Boise City 476,000
Bonita Springs-Naples 472,000
Denton-Lewisville 469,000
Concord 467,000
Spokane 465,000
Visalia 465,000
Augusta-Richmond County 461,000
Stockton 456,000
Jackson, Mississippi 441,000
Durham 439,000
Santa Clarita 434,000
Chattanooga 433,000
Myrtle Beach 432,000
Modesto 427,000
Syracuse 425,000
Huntsville 414,000
Oxnard 407,000
Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake 394,000
Lafayette 390,000
Montgomery 380,000
Antioch 376,000
Asheville 376,000
Greensboro 376,000
Scranton 376,000
Springfield, Missouri 369,000
Lakeland 369,000
Pensacola 361,000
Fort Collins 359,000
Fayetteville 358,000
Corpus Christi 355,000
Youngstown 353,000
Fort Wayne 348,000
Lexington-Fayette 347,000
Flint 345,000
Savannah 343,000
Laredo 340,000
Trenton 339,000
Santa Rosa 339,000
Mobile 337,000
Ann Arbor 336,000
Rockford 333,000
Lansing 331,000
Shreveport 329,000
Rockford - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 333,000 0.91%
2023 330,000 0.61%
2022 328,000 0.61%
2021 326,000 0.62%
2020 324,000 0.62%
2019 322,000 0.31%
2018 321,000 0.94%
2017 318,000 0.95%
2016 315,000 0.96%
2015 312,000 0.97%
2014 309,000 0.98%
2013 306,000 0.99%
2012 303,000 1.00%
2011 300,000 0.67%
2010 298,000 1.02%
2009 295,000 1.03%
2008 292,000 1.04%
2007 289,000 0.70%
2006 287,000 1.06%
2005 284,000 1.07%
2004 281,000 0.72%
2003 279,000 1.09%
2002 276,000 0.73%
2001 274,000 1.11%
2000 271,000 2.26%
1999 265,000 2.71%
1998 258,000 2.38%
1997 252,000 2.86%
1996 245,000 2.51%
1995 239,000 3.02%
1994 232,000 2.65%
1993 226,000 2.26%
1992 221,000 2.79%
1991 215,000 2.87%
1990 209,000 0.48%
1989 208,000 0.48%
1988 207,000 0.00%
1987 207,000 0.49%
1986 206,000 0.00%
1985 206,000 0.00%
1984 206,000 0.49%
1983 205,000 0.00%
1982 205,000 0.00%
1981 205,000 0.49%
1980 204,000 0.00%
1979 204,000 -0.49%
1978 205,000 0.00%
1977 205,000 0.00%
1976 205,000 0.00%
1975 205,000 0.00%
1974 205,000 -0.49%
1973 206,000 0.00%
1972 206,000 0.00%
1971 206,000 0.00%
1970 206,000 1.48%
1969 203,000 1.50%
1968 200,000 2.04%
1967 196,000 2.08%
1966 192,000 1.59%
1965 189,000 1.61%
1964 186,000 2.20%
1963 182,000 1.68%
1962 179,000 1.70%
1961 176,000 2.33%
1960 172,000 2.99%
1959 167,000 3.09%
1958 162,000 3.85%
1957 156,000 3.31%
1956 151,000 3.42%
1955 146,000 3.55%
1954 141,000 3.68%
1953 136,000 3.03%
1952 132,000 3.13%
1951 128,000 4.07%
1950 123,000 0.00%