Rockford Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Rockford metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Rockford in 2025 is 336,000, a 0.9% increase from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Rockford in 2024 was 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.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

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City Name Population
New York City 19,154,000
Los Angeles 12,678,000
Chicago 9,042,000
Houston 6,890,000
Dallas-Fort Worth 6,732,000
Miami 6,372,000
Atlanta 6,272,000
Philadelphia 5,861,000
Washington DC 5,600,000
Phoenix 4,834,000
Boston 4,396,000
Seattle 3,581,000
Detroit 3,543,000
San Diego 3,373,000
San Francisco 3,363,000
Tampa 3,040,000
Minneapolis 3,039,000
Las Vegas 3,000,000
Denver 2,995,000
Riverside-San Bernardino 2,664,000
San Antonio 2,525,000
Baltimore 2,387,000
Charlotte 2,367,000
Austin 2,313,000
Sacramento 2,269,000
Portland 2,265,000
St. Louis 2,256,000
Orlando 2,129,000
Indianapolis 1,925,000
San Jose 1,848,000
Cincinnati 1,801,000
Cleveland 1,780,000
Kansas City 1,754,000
Columbus 1,746,000
Pittsburgh 1,716,000
Raleigh 1,661,000
Virginia Beach 1,505,000
Milwaukee 1,473,000
Jacksonville 1,360,000
Nashville 1,350,000
Salt Lake City 1,226,000
Providence 1,217,000
Memphis 1,188,000
Richmond 1,162,000
Louisville 1,136,000
McAllen 1,116,000
Oklahoma City 1,037,000
Tucson 1,034,000
Hartford 1,032,000
New Orleans 1,030,000
Temecula-Murrieta 1,019,000
El Paso 1,006,000
Albuquerque 978,000
Cape Coral 975,000
Bridgeport-Stamford 973,000
Honolulu 928,000
Buffalo 890,000
Birmingham 879,000
Omaha 876,000
Provo-Orem 875,000
Fresno 811,000
Tulsa 807,000
Knoxville 807,000
Allentown 800,000
Baton Rouge 785,000
Columbia, South Carolina 777,000
Sarasota-Bradenton 772,000
Ogden-Layton 771,000
Charleston-North Charleston 765,000
Rochester 758,000
Dayton 754,000
Bakersfield 751,000
The Woodlands 723,000
Concord 710,000
Colorado Springs 709,000
Springfield 691,000
Mission Viejo 658,000
Albany 647,000
Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley 619,000
Grand Rapids 614,000
Kissimmee 612,000
New Haven 608,000
Fayetteville-Springdale 587,000
Des Moines 579,000
Harrisburg 578,000
Greenville 576,000
Port St. Lucie 574,000
Worcester 572,000
Akron 571,000
Winston-Salem 552,000
Wichita 548,000
Lancaster-Palmdale 546,000
Little Rock 545,000
Reno 545,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne 544,000
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh 538,000
Lancaster 532,000
Daytona Beach-Port Orange 522,000
Madison 519,000
Toledo 516,000
Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs 511,000
Boise City 482,000
Bonita Springs-Naples 479,000
Concord 478,000
Visalia 475,000
Denton-Lewisville 474,000
Spokane 470,000
Augusta-Richmond County 465,000
Stockton 461,000
Jackson, Mississippi 446,000
Durham 444,000
Santa Clarita 442,000
Myrtle Beach 441,000
Chattanooga 437,000
Modesto 431,000
Syracuse 427,000
Huntsville 420,000
Oxnard 410,000
Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake 399,000
Lafayette 396,000
Montgomery 385,000
Asheville 381,000
Antioch 380,000
Greensboro 380,000
Scranton 378,000
Springfield, Missouri 374,000
Lakeland 374,000
Fort Collins 363,000
Pensacola 363,000
Fayetteville 361,000
Corpus Christi 358,000
Youngstown 354,000
Fort Wayne 351,000
Lexington-Fayette 351,000
Flint 347,000
Savannah 347,000
Laredo 344,000
Trenton 341,000
Santa Rosa 341,000
Mobile 339,000
Ann Arbor 338,000
Rockford 336,000
Lansing 333,000
Shreveport 332,000
Rockford - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 336,000 0.90%
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%