Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois
Rockford metropolitan area | |
|---|---|
| Rockford–Freeport–Rochelle, IL | |
East State Street corridor | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,130 sq mi (5,510 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 338,798 |
| GDP | |
| • Total | $18.129 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
The Rockford metropolitan area is a metropolitan area consisting of two counties in north-central Illinois anchored by the city of Rockford, as defined by the United States Census Bureau. The population was 338,798 at the 2020 census. The Rockford MSA abuts the Janesville-Beloit metropolitan area to the north and Chicago metropolitan area to the east. It forms the main part of the larger Rockford–Freeport–Rochelle combined statistical area, a four-county region with 435,216 residents in 2020.