Rockford, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Rockford had a population^<1> of 428 people in 2000.

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Rockford. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Rockford had a population of 396 people. This is a decrease of 7.48% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The town of Rockford had 226 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Rockford has an area^<3> of 3.3 square miles [8.55 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Rockford had a 2000 population density of 129.6 people per square mile [335.8 people/km²].

Coosa County

Rockford is located in Coosa County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 11,863 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 428 people, Rockford accounted for 3.61% of the Coosa County total.

In addition, where the community of Rockford has a population density of 129.6 people per square mile [335.8 people/km²], Coosa County averages 18.18 people per square mile [47.09 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Coosa County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Rockford and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Rockford. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Rockford.

A Census Quickfact is available for Coosa County (QF-01037).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Coosa County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
	Chilton	QF-01021	W	42,299	39,777	6.34%
	Clay	QF-01027	NE	13,788	14,265	-3.34%
	Elmore	QF-01051	S	77,525	66,232	17.05%
	Shelby	QF-01117	NW	182,113	144,540	25.99%
	Talladega	QF-01121	N	80,255	80,341	-0.11%
	Tallapoosa	QF-01123	E	40,747	41,722	-2.34%

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Rockford:

Rockford is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Rockford.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rockford. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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