Rockford is a city in Blount County, Tennessee. Its population was 822 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Rockford is named for a river ford used by early 19th-century settlers and merchants travelling between Knoxville and Maryville. As its name implies, the ford was unusually rocky, and thus preferred by travellers, as large amounts of silt and sand made much of the Little River difficult to cross. The community was called "Rocky Ford" by the early 1800s.
Rockford incorporated as a city in the early 1970s to avoid being annexed by Alcoa or Maryville, both of which were growing rapidly.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Rockford had a population of 822. The median age was 49.8 years. 15.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 27.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.6 males age 18 and over.
49.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 50.1% lived in rural areas.
There were 346 households in Rockford, of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.3% were married-couple households, 19.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 757 || 92.1%
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| Black or African American || 9 || 1.1%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0 || 0.0%
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| Asian || 1 || 0.1%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 6 || 0.7%
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| Two or more races || 49 || 6.0%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 29 || 3.5%
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2000 census
As of the census