Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is an American city in Michigan. Located in western Michigan, nearly 200,000 people were living here in 2020.

Grand Rapids
City
Downtown Grand Rapids Meyer May House Ford Presidential Museum La Grande Vitesse Grand River Van Andel Arena Van Andel Institute
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Nicknames:  GR, River City, Beer City, Furniture City
Motto(s):  Motu Viget (Latin) (English: "Strength in activity")
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Coordinates: 42°57′40″N 85°39′20″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Kent
Founded	1826
Incorporated	1838 (village) 1850 (city)
Government
• Type	City commission
• Mayor	David LaGrand (D)
• Manager	Mark Washington
• Clerk	Joel Hondorp (R)
Area [1]
• 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	198,917
• Rank	US: 123rd 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	1,150,015 (US: 51st)
• CSA	1,486,055 (US: 41st)
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[2]
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 & Sculpture Park and John Ball Zoo. Grand Valley State University has a campus in downtown Grand Rapids.

Many Reformed Christians from Dutch ancestry live in Grand Rapids.