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Rockford, IL MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 5,348
  equals Births 20,814
  less Deaths 15,466
Net Migration -13,699
  equals net International Migration 1,956
  plus net Domestic Migration -15,655

The population of the Rockford, IL MSA changed from 349,224 on 2010 to 340,663 in 2015 -- a change of -8,561 (-2.45%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (5,348) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-13,699); outbound net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Rockford, IL MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Boone County, IL17007P0000001 54,123 54,195 53,838 53,844 53,793 53,585 -538 -0.99
Winnebago County, IL17201P0000001 295,101 293,669 291,971 290,902 288,574 287,078 -8,023 -2.72
Total P0000001 349,224 347,864 345,809 344,746 342,367 340,663 -8,561 -2.45
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Boone County, IL17007B0000001 580 610 615 528 571 574 2,898 
Winnebago County, IL17201B0000001 3,564 3,776 3,558 3,619 3,471 3,492 17,916 
Total B0000001 4,144 4,386 4,173 4,147 4,042 4,066 20,814 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Boone County, IL17007D0000001 460 344 365 402 359 339 1,809 
Winnebago County, IL17201D0000001 2,044 2,762 2,625 2,820 2,790 2,660 13,657 
Total D0000001 2,504 3,106 2,990 3,222 3,149 2,999 15,466 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Boone County, IL17007NC000001 120 266 250 126 212 235 1,089 
Winnebago County, IL17201NC000001 1,520 1,014 933 799 681 832 4,259 
Total NC000001 1,640 1,280 1,183 925 893 1,067 5,348 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Boone County, IL17007MI000001 -8 -10 -21 -17 -10 -6 -64 
Winnebago County, IL17201MI000001 324 367 365 395 445 448 2,020 
Total MI000001 316 357 344 378 435 442 1,956 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Boone County, IL17007MD000001 -288 -167 -596 -135 -236 -393 -1,527 
Winnebago County, IL17201MD000001 -2,568 -2,741 -3,030 -2,338 -3,403 -2,616 -14,128 
Total MD000001 -2,856 -2,908 -3,626 -2,473 -3,639 -3,009 -15,655 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Boone County, IL17007MN000001 -296 -177 -617 -152 -246 -399 -1,591 
Winnebago County, IL17201MN000001 -2,244 -2,374 -2,665 -1,943 -2,958 -2,168 -12,108 
Total MN000001 -2,540 -2,551 -3,282 -2,095 -3,204 -2,567 -13,699 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Boone County, IL17007GQ000001 310 310 310 310 310 310 0 0.00
Winnebago County, IL17201GQ000001 4,685 4,709 4,714 4,716 4,717 4,716 31 0.66
Total GQ000001 4,995 5,019 5,024 5,026 5,027 5,026 31 0.62

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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