Grand Rapids, Michigan: City and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States
Grand Rapids is an American city in Michigan.
Located in western Michigan, nearly 200,000 people were living here in 2020.
Grand Rapids | |
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Images from top to bottom, left to right: downtown cityscape, Meyer May House, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, La Grande Vitesse, pedestrian bridge over the Grand River, Van Andel Arena, Van Andel Institute on the Medical Mile | |
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| Nicknames: GR, River City, Beer City, Furniture City | |
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| Coordinates: 42°57′40″N 85°39′20″W / 42.96111°N 85.65556°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Michigan |
| County | Kent |
| Founded | 1826 |
| Incorporated | 1838 (village) 1850 (city) |
| Government | |
| • Type | City commission |
| • Mayor | Rosalynn Bliss (D) |
| • Manager | Mark Washington |
| • Clerk | Joel Hondorp (R) |
| Area | |
| • City | 45.63 sq mi (118.19 km2) |
| • Land | 44.78 sq mi (115.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0.86 sq mi (2.22 km2) 1.92% |
| Elevation | 640 ft (200 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 198,893 |
| • Rank | US: 115th MI: 2nd |
| • Density | 4,442.49/sq mi (1,715.26/km2) |
| • Urban | 605,666 (US: 70th) |
| • Urban density | 2,207.6/sq mi (852.3/km2) |
| • Metro | 1,077,370 (US: 52nd) |
| • CSA | 1,412,470 (US: 42nd) |
| Demonym | Grand Rapidian |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 49501–49508, 49510, 49514–49516, 49518, 49523, 49525, 49534, 49546, 49548, 49555, 49560, 49588, 49594 |
| Area code | 616 |
| FIPS code | 26-34000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0627105 |
| Website | GrandRapidsMI.gov |
Former American president Gerald Ford grew up in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids is also the birthplace of Amway and the Meijer store chain.
Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County. It is the second largest city in the state, after Detroit. The third largest is Warren.
The city has many attractions, including the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park and John Ball Park, which is a zoo. Grand Valley State University has a campus in downtown Grand Rapids.
Many Reformed Christians from Dutch ancestry live in Grand Rapids.
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