Rockford is a city in Winnebago and Ogle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in far northern Illinois on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the seat of Winnebago County. The population was 148,655 at the 2020 census, making Rockford the fifth-most populous city in Illinois as well as the most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It anchors the Rockford metropolitan area, which had 338,798 residents in 2020.
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Incorporated: 1839 (as a town) · January 3, 1852 (as a city)
Elevation: 728 ft (222 m)
Area codes: 815 and 779
Counties: Winnebago, Ogle
Township: Burritt (Winnebago), Cherry Valley (Winnebago), Owen (Winnebago), Rockford (Winnebago), Winnebago (Winnebago), Scott (Ogle)
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