Settled in the mid-1830s, the position of the city on the Rock River made its location strategic for industrial development. Census data, the City of Rockford had a population of 148,655 with an outlying metropolitan area population of 348,360. ![]() The largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, Rockford is the fourth-largest city in the state and the 171st most populous in the United States. ![]() Situated on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County (a small portion of the city is located in Ogle County). ![]() Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, located in the far northern part of the state.
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