Michigan · Census place 2634000
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city in Kent County, Michigan with an estimated 200,117 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 200,117
- #2 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +1,382 people
- Land area
- 44.8 sq mi
- + 0.86 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,469 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Grand Rapids population, 2020 to 2024
Grand Rapids added 1,382 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,847. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Grand Rapids is 16.5 times that size.
Grand Rapids covers 44.78 square miles of land and 0.86 of water, for 4,469 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Grand Rapids is denser than the typical town.
What county Grand Rapids is in
All of Grand Rapids's residents live in Kent County, which had 673,002 residents in 2024. Grand Rapids holds 29.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Grand Rapids
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Grand Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49503, 49504, 49505, 49506, 49507, 49508, 49546. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Grand Rapids is
The Census internal point of Grand Rapids is at 42.961200, -85.655600. Lansing, the capital, is 57.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milwaukee, WI (563,531 people), 116.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 58.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 227 m (745 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.961200, -85.655600
- DMS
- 42°57'40.32"N 85°39'20.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 609649.5E 4757382.9N
- Geohash
- dpeh6ug7p
- Plus code
- 86JPX86V+FQ
- Time zone
- America/Detroit
Daylight in Grand Rapids
At 42.96° N, Grand Rapids gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Grand Rapids daylight page.
Places near Grand Rapids
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is East Grand Rapids, 2.7 miles away, with 11,616 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Grand Rapids, MI?
200,117 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,382 (0.7%) from 198,735 in July 2020.
What county is Grand Rapids in?
Kent County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Grand Rapids?
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 49503, 49504, 49505, 49506, 49507, 49508, 49546.
How far is Grand Rapids from Lansing?
57.9 miles (93.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Grand Rapids.
What is the nearest larger city to Grand Rapids?
Milwaukee, WI, with 563,531 residents, 116.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.