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Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1.16 million and a combined statistical area population of 1.5 million. [2] Grand Rapids is situated along the Grand River approximately 25 miles (40 km) east of Lake Michigan and is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan. A historic ...
The Grand Rapids–Wyoming Combined Statistical Area is the 2nd largest CSA in the U.S. state of Michigan (behind Metro Detroit). The CSA had a population of 1,486,055 at the 2020 census. The CSA had a population of 1,486,055 at the 2020 census.
The Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids As of the 2010 United States census , [ 22 ] there were 602,622 people living in the county. 76.1% were non-Hispanic White , 10.2% Black or African American , 2.4% Asian , 0.7% Native American , 4.5% of some other race and 2.6% of two or more races . 9.7% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Heritage Hill is adjacent to downtown Grand Rapids and is the city's oldest residential district. Its 1,300 homes date from 1843 and represent Michigan's largest and finest concentration of nineteenth and early twentieth-century houses. Nearly every style of American architecture, from Greek Revival to Prairie is represented.
Map of Michigan with Kent County highlighted. ... Grand Rapids City Hall: Grand Rapids City Hall. May 12, 1969 (#69000375) June 4, 1970: 35 Lyon St., NW
Grand Rapids at night in 2016 from the International Space Station. Grand Rapids is the largest city in western Michigan. The following table contains the largest municipalities of West Michigan according to the 2010 Census. This defines the region fairly broadly, but not at its most broadly; if Battle Creek were included, it would be ranked ...
An 1868 pictorial map of Grand Rapids. By 1838, the settlement incorporated as a village, and encompassed approximately three-quarters of a mile (1 km) . The first formal census in 1845 recorded a population of 1,510 and an area of 4 square miles (10 km 2). The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [9]
High-rises in downtown Grand Rapids. This list of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids ranks buildings in the U.S. city of Grand Rapids, Michigan by height. The tallest building in Grand Rapids is the River House Condominiums, which stands 406 feet (124 m) tall.