2024 population: 1,114,801 ( 27,197 from 2020)
Land area: 2689.1 square miles
Population density: 414.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	847,887	76.06%	0.7%
Black:	81,706	7.33%	7.9%
Indian:	3,651	0.33%	0.9%
Asian:	35,079	3.15%	13.2%
2+ races:	26,546	2.38%	8.8%
Hispanic:	119,932	10.76%	8.4%

Total non-White:	266,914	23.94%	8.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	52,764	12.1
Deaths:	39,278	9.0
Net Migration:	-3,589	-0.8
Net Immigration:	16,781	3.9

Change in White population:	5,632	0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	21,565	2.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,087,604
842,255	77.44%
75,731	6.96%
3,617	0.33%
30,996	2.85%
24,397	2.24%
110,608	10.17%
245,349	22.56%

2010
988,938
799,047	80.80%
61,604	6.23%
3,401	0.34%
21,187	2.14%
18,271	1.85%
84,466	8.54%
189,891	19.20%

2000
930,670
784,328	84.28%
53,819	5.78%
3,780	0.41%
16,094	1.73%
12,640	1.36%
59,100	6.35%
146,342	15.72%

1990
791,515
715,133	90.35%
41,472	5.24%
4,098	0.52%
8,381	1.06%
n/a
22,431	2.83%
76,382	9.65%

1980
695,016
640,907	92.21%
31,769	4.57%
2,902	0.42%
4,601	0.66%
n/a
14,507	2.09%
54,109	7.79%

1970
617,051
583,083	94.50%
23,216	3.76%
1,372	0.22%
597	0.10%
n/a
7,984	1.29%
33,968	5.50%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
125,556	12.7
69,869	7.1
10,903	1.1
17,629	1.8

43,208	4.4
55,458	5.6

Number	Rate
2000's
134,391	14.4
61,829	6.6
-25,362	-2.7
19,209	2.1

14,719	1.6
43,549	4.7

Number	Rate
1990's
138,658	17.5
60,717	7.7
18,966	2.4
11,753	1.5

69,195	8.7
69,960	8.8

Number	Rate
1980's
130,633	18.8
54,084	7.8
23,956	3.4
n/a

74,226	10.7
22,273	3.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
13,121	2.1
n/a

57,824	9.4
20,141	3.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.2
253,083	22.7%
861,718	77.3%
161,753	14.5%

407,805
2.60

274,984	67.4%
216,064	78.6%
22,047	8.0%
132,821	32.6%

2010
Number	Percent
35.1
256,620	25.9%
732,318	74.1%
115,680	11.7%

366,997
2.63

253,644	69.1%
196,796	77.6%
25,129	9.9%
113,353	30.9%

2000
Number	Percent
32.9
262,681	28.2%
667,989	71.8%
97,857	10.5%

338,181
2.68

239,679	70.9%
193,748	80.8%
21,782	9.1%
98,502	29.1%

1990
Number	Percent
30.9
226,199	28.6%
565,316	71.4%
84,634	10.7%

281,707
2.74

208,930	74.2%
174,277	83.4%
17,352	8.3%
72,777	25.8%

1980
Number	Percent
28.4
210,986	30.4%
484,030	69.6%
69,359	10.0%

238,095
2.85

181,891	76.4%
155,984	85.8%
14,937	8.2%
56,204	23.6%

2022 Housing Data for Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	14,296	3.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	13,006	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	11,577	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,445	3.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	14,721	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	13,332	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	15,136	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	15,491	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	16,109	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	31,030	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	40,768	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	61,742	15.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	45,389	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	31,970	7.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	35,339	8.7%
$200,000 or more	34,454	8.4%

Median Household Income	77,154
Per Capita Income	38,100

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	95

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	18,140	4.4%
Public Assistance	11,040	2.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	41,839	10.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	476,466	75.4%
Unemployed	21,121	3.3%
In Armed Forces	346	0.1%

Total Labor Force	497,933	78.8%
Not in Labor Force	134,175	21.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	227,567	166,446	57.8%
Non-Profit	21,948	45,707	32.4%
Self-Employed	29,072	17,494	62.4%

Local Government	10,898	17,064	39.0%
State Government	5,442	6,918	44.0%
Federal Government	3,298	2,320	58.7%

Total Private + Self	256,639	183,940	58.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	41,586	72,009	36.6%
Total	298,225	255,949	53.8%

Pct. Govt.	8.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	89,695	16.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	111,891	20.2%
Professional, Technical	126,546	22.8%
Service Occupations	83,239	15.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,708	0.7%
All others	143,620	25.9%

White Collar		59.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	113,482	20.4%
Health care and social assistance	80,912	14.6%
Retail trade	60,762	10.9%
Educational services	45,155	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	36,471	6.6%
Construction	33,557	6.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	32,300	5.8%
Other services	25,995	4.7%
Finance and insurance	22,367	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	20,007	3.6%
Transportation and warehousing	19,759	3.6%
Wholesale trade	19,078	3.4%
Public administration	12,478	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	7,797	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,645	1.4%
Information	6,650	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,558	1.2%
Utilities	2,988	0.5%
Management	821	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	209	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	73,060	6.72%
Puerto Rican	10,504	0.97%
Cuban	3,678	0.34%
Dominican	2,520	0.23%

Total Central American	9,777	0.90%
Costa Rican	538	0.05%
Guatemalan	6,587	0.61%
Honduran	1,051	0.10%
Nicaraguan	284	0.03%
Panamanian	519	0.05%
Salvadoran	793	0.07%
Other Central American	5	0.00%

Total South American	3,732	0.34%
Argentinean	143	0.01%
Bolivian	23	0.00%
Chilean	508	0.05%
Colombian	1,707	0.16%
Ecuadorian	404	0.04%
Paraguayan	28	0.00%
Peruvian	699	0.06%
Uruguayan	21	0.00%
Venezuelan	199	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,740	0.53%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	5,637	0.52%
Indian	4,326	0.40%
Chinese	4,169	0.38%
Korean	3,428	0.32%
Burmese	2,104	0.19%
Laotian	1,844	0.17%
Filipino	1,484	0.14%
Japanese	1,084	0.10%
Cambodian	928	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	919,328	90.0%
Spanish	58,503	5.7%
Other	7,367	0.7%
Other Indo-European	6,939	0.7%
Other Asian	5,884	0.6%
Vietnamese	4,345	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4,261	0.4%
German, other Germanic	3,677	0.4%
Chinese	2,974	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	202,163	18.6%
Dutch	188,652	17.4%
English	100,752	9.3%
Irish	100,066	9.2%
Polish	67,876	6.2%
American	36,942	3.4%
Italian	32,139	3.0%
French	25,486	2.3%
European	20,540	1.9%
Scottish	18,946	1.7%
Swedish	18,456	1.7%
Norwegian	8,875	0.8%
Danish	7,774	0.7%
French Canadian	7,566	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	5,593	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,048,987	96.5%
Not a citizen	38,081	3.5%

Native	1,015,466	93.4%
Foreign-born	71,602	6.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
20,539	2.9%	33,198	4.6%	192,102	26.7%	220,765	30.7%	164,363	22.9%	87,408	12.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	20,539	2.9%
9-12 Years	33,198	4.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	192,102	26.7%
Some College	220,765	30.7%
Bach. Degree	164,363	22.9%
Grad Degree	87,408	12.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	851,572	797,758	53,814	6.3%
1991	844,312	779,944	64,368	7.6%
1992	856,226	791,612	64,614	7.5%
1993	886,354	833,788	52,566	5.9%
1994	921,666	877,060	44,606	4.8%
1995	939,628	902,220	37,408	4.0%
1996	957,984	919,832	38,152	4.0%
1997	992,264	959,472	32,792	3.3%
1998	1,013,808	984,430	29,378	2.9%
1999	1,037,686	1,007,296	30,390	2.9%

2000	1,029,600	996,858	32,742	3.2%
2001	1,037,964	988,520	49,444	4.8%
2002	1,008,992	948,546	60,446	6.0%
2003	1,009,276	939,748	69,528	6.9%
2004	1,024,312	959,354	64,958	6.3%
2005	1,038,054	976,736	61,318	5.9%
2006	1,042,554	976,676	65,878	6.3%
2007	1,032,262	967,222	65,040	6.3%
2008	1,020,188	947,666	72,522	7.1%
2009	996,796	881,778	115,018	11.5%

2010	1,020,056	915,936	104,120	10.2%
2011	1,020,720	938,434	82,286	8.1%
2012	1,038,572	966,580	71,992	6.9%
2013	1,059,326	991,462	67,864	6.4%
2014	1,087,098	1,031,546	55,552	5.1%
2015	1,108,996	1,065,542	43,454	3.9%
2016	1,129,560	1,088,492	41,068	3.6%
2017	1,143,554	1,103,712	39,842	3.5%
2018	1,159,642	1,124,428	35,214	3.0%
2019	1,165,166	1,131,740	33,426	2.9%

2020	1,149,212	1,063,374	85,838	7.5%
2021	1,126,836	1,075,430	51,406	4.6%
2022	1,158,202	1,117,518	40,684	3.5%
2023	1,208,380	1,169,496	38,884	3.2%
2024	1,200,918	1,153,294	47,624	4.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	432,268
Median Value	$239,576

Occupied	407,805	94.3%
Vacant	24,463	5.7%

Owned	298,720	73.3%
Rented	109,085	26.7%
Median Rent	$1,070

Single-Family Units	318,699	73.7%
Detached	292,997	67.8%
Attached	25,702	5.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	62,619	14.5%
Mobile Homes	22,754	5.3%

Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area