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Language Spoken At Home in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 325,169 | 100% |
English only | 282,619 | 86.9% |
Language other than English | 42,550 | 13.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 18,856 | 5.8% |
Spanish | 30,203 | 9.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 13,775 | 4.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 6,824 | 2.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,338 | 0.7% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 4,742 | 1.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,334 | 0.7% |
Other languages | 781 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 409 | 0.1% |
Ancestry in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 348,574 | 100% |
American | 28,937 | 8.3% |
Arab | 1,090 | 0.3% |
Czech | 2,075 | 0.6% |
Danish | 2,301 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 6,169 | 1.8% |
English | 28,182 | 8.1% |
French (except Basque) | 7,732 | 2.2% |
French Canadian | 1,347 | 0.4% |
German | 88,474 | 25.4% |
Greek | 983 | 0.3% |
Hungarian | 835 | 0.2% |
Irish | 46,654 | 13.4% |
Italian | 25,718 | 7.4% |
Lithuanian | 1,940 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 12,718 | 3.6% |
Polish | 14,295 | 4.1% |
Portuguese | 371 | 0.1% |
Russian | 1,473 | 0.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,228 | 0.6% |
Scottish | 4,974 | 1.4% |
Slovak | 347 | 0.1% |
Subsaharan African | 1,044 | 0.3% |
Swedish | 27,888 | 8.0% |
Swiss | 1,701 | 0.5% |
Ukrainian | 722 | 0.2% |
Welsh | 1,553 | 0.4% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 331 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 130,983 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 88,516 | 67.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 40,048 | 30.6% |
Married-couple family | 64,847 | 49.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 25,684 | 19.6% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 5,809 | 4.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,847 | 2.2% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 17,860 | 13.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 11,517 | 8.8% |
Nonfamily households | 42,467 | 32.4% |
Householder living alone | 35,629 | 27.2% |
65 years and over | 12,887 | 9.8% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 44,682 | 34.1% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 33,046 | 25.2% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 343,773 | 100% |
Householder | 130,983 | 38.1% |
Spouse | 64,767 | 18.8% |
Child | 108,733 | 31.6% |
Other relatives | 21,323 | 6.2% |
Nonrelatives | 17,967 | 5.2% |
Unmarried partner | 7,721 | 2.2% |
Marital Status in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 133,632 | 100% |
Never married | 43,880 | 32.8% |
Now married, except separated | 69,034 | 51.7% |
Separated | 1,761 | 1.3% |
Widowed | 3,776 | 2.8% |
Divorced | 15,181 | 11.4% |
Females 15 years and over | 141,703 | 100% |
Never married | 38,849 | 27.4% |
Now married, except separated | 67,653 | 47.7% |
Separated | 3,465 | 2.4% |
Widowed | 13,279 | 9.4% |
Divorced | 18,457 | 13.0% |
Fertility in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 4,570 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 2,122 | 46.4% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 47 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 55 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 40 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 108 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 17 | 0% |
Grandparents in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 7,813 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 3,474 | 44.5% |
Less than 1 year | 715 | 9.2% |
1 or 2 years | 1,037 | 13.3% |
3 or 4 years | 508 | 6.5% |
5 or more years | 1,214 | 15.5% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 3,474 | 100% |
Who are female | 2,042 | 58.8% |
Who are married | 2,586 | 74.4% |
School Enrollment in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 90,075 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 6,041 | 6.7% |
Kindergarten | 4,909 | 5.4% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 39,328 | 43.7% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 20,902 | 23.2% |
College or graduate school | 18,895 | 21.0% |
Educational Attainment in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 230,223 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 11,157 | 4.8% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 22,028 | 9.6% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 79,548 | 34.6% |
Some college, no degree | 52,265 | 22.7% |
Associate's degree | 17,367 | 7.5% |
Bachelor's degree | 30,998 | 13.5% |
Graduate or professional degree | 16,860 | 7.3% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 85.6% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 20.8% |
Veteran Status in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 259,698 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 25,361 | 9.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 344,899 | 100% |
With a disability | 39,231 | 11.4% |
Under 18 years | 88,629 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,027 | 3.4% |
18 to 64 years | 210,919 | 100% |
With a disability | 20,829 | 9.9% |
65 years and over | 45,351 | 100% |
With a disability | 15,375 | 33.9% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 344,586 | 100% |
Same house | 301,355 | 87.5% |
Different house in the U.S. | 42,303 | 12.3% |
Same county | 30,310 | 8.8% |
Different county | 11,993 | 3.5% |
Same state | 7,250 | 2.1% |
Different state | 4,743 | 1.4% |
Abroad | 928 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 348,574 | 100% |
Native | 320,593 | 92.0% |
Born in United States | 318,303 | 91.3% |
State of residence | 235,738 | 67.6% |
Different state | 82,565 | 23.7% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 2,290 | 0.7% |
Foreign born | 27,981 | 8.0% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 27,981 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 11,736 | 41.9% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 16,245 | 58.1% |
Year of Entry in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 30,271 | 100% |
Native | 2,290 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 77 | 3.4% |
Entered before 2010 | 2,213 | 96.6% |
Foreign born | 27,981 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 494 | 1.8% |
Entered before 2010 | 27,487 | 98.2% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Rockford
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 27,981 | 100% |
Europe | 4,776 | 17.1% |
Asia | 6,021 | 21.5% |
Africa | 443 | 1.6% |
Oceania | 60 | 0.2% |
Latin America | 16,423 | 58.7% |
Northern America | 258 | 0.9% |