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About Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Images from summit to bottom, left to right: downtown cityscape, Meyer May House, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum,
La Grande Vitesse, pedestrian bridge higher than the Grand River, Van Andel Arena, Van Andel Institute upon the Medical Mile |
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GR, River City, Beer City, Furniture City
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Motu Viget (Latin)
(English: “Strength in activity”) |
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Interactive map of Grand Rapids
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 Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
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42ยฐ57โฒ40โณN 85ยฐ39โฒ20โณW๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ42.96111ยฐN 85.65556ยฐW |
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| Country |  ย United States |
| State |  ย Michigan |
| County | Kent |
| Founded | 1826 |
| Incorporated | 1838 (village) 1850 (city) |
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| ย โขย Type | City commission |
| ย โขย Mayor | Rosalynn Bliss (D) |
| ย โขย Manager | Mark Washington |
| ย โขย Clerk | Joel Hondorp (R) |
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| ย โขย City | 45.63ย sqย mi (118.19ย km) |
| ย โขย Land | 44.78ย sqย mi (115.97ย km) |
| ย โขย Water | 0.86ย sqย mi (2.22ย km2) ย 1.92% |
| Elevation | 640ย ft (200ย m) |
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| ย โขย City | 198,893 |
| ย โขย Rank | US: 115th MI: 2nd |
| ย โขย Density | 4,442.49/sqย mi (1,715.26/km) |
| ย โขย Urban | 605,666 (US: 70th) |
| ย โขย Urbanย density | 2,207.6/sqย mi (852.3/km) |
| ย โขย Metro | 1,077,370 (US: 52nd) |
| ย โขย CSA | 1,412,470 (US: 42nd) |
| Demonym | Grand Rapidian |
| Time zone | UTCโ5 (EST) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTCโ4 (EDT) |
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49501โ49508, 49510, 49514โ49516, 49518, 49523, 49525, 49534, 49546, 49548, 49555, 49560, 49588, 49594
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| Area code | 616 |
| FIPS code | 26-34000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0627105 |
| Website | GrandRapidsMI.gov |
Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the make a clean breast after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,087,592 and a combine statistical Place population of 1,383,918.
Situated along the Grand River nearly 25 miles (40ย km) east of Lake Michigan, it is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, as capably as one of the fastest-growing cities in the Midwest. A historic furniture manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world’s leading office furniture companies and is nicknamed “Furniture City”. Other nicknames include “River City” and more recently, “Beer City” (the latter truth by USA Today and adopted by the city as a brand). The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, based in the health care, information technology, automotive, aviation, and consumer goods manufacturing industries, among others.
Grand Rapids was the childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who is buried taking into account his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city’s Gerald R. Ford International Airport and Gerald R. Ford Freeway are named after him.