Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids Michigan

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Grand Rapids is a city in the US state of Michigan It is located on the Grand River about 25 mileseast of Lake Michigan As of the 2010 census the city population was 188040 In 2010 the GrandRapids metropolitan area had a population of 1005648 and the combined statistical area of GrandRapids-Muskegon-Holland had a population of 1321557 Grand Rapids is the county seat of KentCounty Michigan[5]second-largest city in Michigan (after Detroit) and the largest city in WestMichigan A historic furniture-manufacturing center Grand Rapids is still home to five of the worldsleading office furniture companies and is nicknamed Furniture City Its more common modernnickname of River City refers to the landmark river for which it was named The city andsurrounding communities are economically diverse and have economies based in the health careinformation technology automotive aviation and consumer goods manufacturing industries amongothers

Grand Rapids was the home of The First Family of US Boxing Floyd Mayweather Sr and his sonsFloyd Jr Jeff and Roger World Championship Boxer James Toney singer and song writer AnthonyKiedis the filmmakers Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader the singer Al Green and US PresidentGerald Ford who--along with his wife Betty--is buried on the grounds of the Gerald R FordPresidential Museum in the city[6]

Contents

1 History

11 Gypsum mining

12 Furniture City

13 Transportation history

131 Roadways

132 Railroad

133 Air transportation

2 Geography

21 Topography

22 Climate

3 Cityscape

4 Culture

41 Tourism

42 Entertainment and performing arts

43 Sports

44 Media

5 Economy

6 Demographics

61 2010 census

62 2000 census

63 Religion

7 Government and politics

71 Commission-Manager plan

72 Mayor

8 Education

9 Notable people

10 Transportation

101 Major highways

102 Mass transit

1021 Bus

1022 Air

1023 Rail

11 Sister cities

12 See also

13 Notes

14 References

15 Further reading

16 External links

History

Pearl Street located downtown c 1885

For thousands of years succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples occupied this area Over 2000years ago people associated with the Hopewell culture occupied the Grand River Valley AroundAD 1700 the Ottawa Indians moved into the area and founded several villages along the GrandRiver[7]

The Grand Rapids area was first settled by Europeans near the start of the 19th century bymissionaries and fur traders They generally lived in reasonable peace alongside the Ottawa peoplewith whom they traded European metal and textile goods for fur pelts Joseph and Madeline LaFramboise established the first IndianEuropean trading post in West Michigan and in presentGrand Rapids on the banks of the Grand River near what is now Ada After the death of her husbandin 1806 Madeline La Framboise carried on expanding fur trading posts to the west and north LaFramboise whose ancestry was Ottawa and French later merged her successful operations with theAmerican Fur Company She retired at age 41 to Mackinac Island The first permanent European-American settler in the Grand Rapids area was a Baptist minister named Isaac McCoy whoestablished a missionary station in 1825[8]

In 1826 Detroit-born Louis Campau the official founder of Grand Rapids built his cabin tradingpost and blacksmith shop on the east bank of the Grand River near the rapids Campau returned toDetroit then came back a year later with his wife and $5000 of trade goods to trade with the nativetribes In 1831 the federal survey of the Northwest Territory reached the Grand River it set theboundaries for Kent County named after prominent New York jurist James Kent Campau becameperhaps the most important settler when in 1831 he bought 72 acres (291000 mAcircsup2) of what is nowthe entire downtown business district of Grand Rapids He purchased it from the federal governmentfor $90 and named his tract Grand Rapids[7] Rival Lucius Lyon who purchased the rest of theprime land called his the Village of Kent Yankee migrants (primarily New Englanders of Englishcolonial descent) and others began migrating from New York and New England in the 1830s

In 1836 John Ball representing a group of New York land speculators bypassed Detroit for a betterdeal in Grand Rapids Ball declared the Grand River valley the promised land or at least the mostpromising one for my operations

By 1838 the settlement incorporated as a village and encompassed an area of approximately three-quarters of a mile (1Acirc km) The first formal census occurred in 1845 which recorded a population of1510 and an area of four square miles The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2 1850[9]It was officially established on May 2 1850 when the village of Grand Rapids voted to accept theproposed city charter The population at the time was 2686 By 1857 the city of Grand Rapids areatotaled 105 square miles (27Acirc km2)

In 1880 the countrys first hydro-electric generator was put to use on the citys west side[10]

Grand Rapids was an early center for the automobile industry as the Austin Automobile Companyoperated here from 1901 until 1921

In 1945 Grand Rapids became the first city in the United States to add fluoride to its drinkingwater

Downtown Grand Rapids used to host four department stores Herpolsheimers (Lazarus in 1987)Jacobsons Steketees (founded in 1862) and Wurzburgs As with many older cities they suffered asthe population moved to suburbs in the postwar era with federal subsidization of highwayconstruction In addition retail changes in buying habits and consolidation of department storesoccurred in the 1980s and 1990s

1915 panorama

Gypsum mining

An outcropping of gypsum where Plaster Creek enters the Grand River was known to the NativeAmerican inhabitants of the area Pioneer geologist Douglass Houghton commented on this find in1838[11][12] This outcrop was first mined in 1841 at first in open cast mines but laterunderground mines as well Gypsum was ground locally for use as a soil amendment known as landplaster

The Alabastine Mine in nearby Wyoming Michigan was originally dug in 1907 to provide gypsumfor the manufacture of stucco and wall coverings notably the alabastine favored by Arts and CraftsMovement architects The mine has since been converted to a storage facility primarily used forcomputer servers and Kent County document storage

Furniture City

During the second half of the 19th century the city became a major lumbering center processingtimber harvested in the region By the end of the century it was established as the premierfurniture-manufacturing city of the United States[13] For this reason it was nicknamed FurnitureCity After an international exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 Grand Rapids became recognizedworldwide as a leader in the production of fine furniture[14]

The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 helped spark the Colonial Revival movement inAmerican furniture Grand Rapids furniture became a byword for well-made reproductions ofAmerican and English 18th and early 19th-century styles Furniture companies included the WilliamA Berkey Company and its successors Baker Furniture Company Williams-Kimp WiddicombFurniture Company[15]The Grand Rapids Furniture Record was the trade paper for the citysindustry Its industries provided jobs for many new immigrants from Europe in the late 19th andearly 20th century and a Polish neighborhood developed on the west side of the city

A furniture-makers guild was established in 1931 to improve the design and craftsmanship of GrandRapids furniture National home furnishing markets were held in Grand Rapids for about 75 yearsconcluding in the 1960s By that time the furniture-making industry shifted to North Carolina[16]

Grand Rapids remains a world leader in office furniture production[17] Much is now outsourced inAsia

Transportation history

Roadways

The first improved road into the city was completed in 1855 This road was a private toll plank roadfrom Kalamazoo through Wayland It was a primary route for freight and passengers until about1868 This road connected to the outside world via the Michigan Central Railroad at Kalamazoo

Railroad

The first railroad into the city was the Detroit and Milwaukee traverse city seo Railroad whichcommenced service in 1858 In 1869 the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway connected tothe city The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad began passenger and freight service to CedarSprings Michigan on December 25 1867 and to Fort Wayne Indiana in 1870 This railroadexpanded service to Muskegon in 1886 The Grand Rapids Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroadcompleted a line to White Cloud in 1875 In 1888 the Detroit Lansing and Northern Railroadconnected with Grand Rapids

Air transportation

Grand Rapids was a home to one of the first regularly scheduled passenger airlines in the UnitedStates when Stout Air Services began flights from Grand Rapids to Detroit (Ford Airport inDearborn Michigan) on July 31 1926[18]

Grand River

Geography

Topography

Grand Rapids developed on the banks of the Grand River where there was once a set of rapids atan altitude of 610 feet (186Acirc m) above sea level This was as far as ships could navigate on the riverbecause of the rapids It is approximately 25Acirc mi (40Acirc km) east of Lake Michigan The state capitalof Lansing lies about 60Acirc mi (97Acirc km) to the east-by-southeast and Kalamazoo is about 50Acirc mi(80Acirc km) to the south

Grand Rapids is divided into four quadrants which form a part of mailing addresses in Kent CountyThe quadrants are NE (northeast) NW (northwest) SE (southeast) and SW (southwest) FultonStreet serves as the north-south dividing line while Division Avenue serves as the east-west dividingline separating these quadrants

According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 4527 square miles(11725Acirc km2) of which 4440 square miles (11500Acirc km2) of it is land and 087 square miles(225Acirc km2) is water[1]

Climate

Grand Rapids has a humid continental climate (KAtildeparappen Dfb)[19] with very warm and humidsummers cold and snowy winters and short and mild springs and autumns Owing to lake effectsnow from Lake Michigan the city averages 756Acirc in (192Acirc cm) of snow a year The area oftenreceives quick and sudden lake effect snowstorms producing significant amounts of snowfallSummers are warm or hot and heat waves and severe weather outbreaks are common during atypical summer

The highest temperature in the area was recorded on July 13 1936 at 108Acirc AcircdegF (42Acirc AcircdegC) and thelowest was recorded on February 14 1899 at -24Acirc AcircdegF (-31Acirc AcircdegC) During an average yearsunshine occurs in 46 of the daylight hours On 138 nights the temperature dips to below 32Acirc AcircdegF(0Acirc AcircdegC) On average 92 days a year have temperatures that meet or exceed the 90Acirc AcircdegF (32Acirc AcircdegC)mark and 56 days a year have lows that are 0Acirc AcircdegF (-18Acirc AcircdegC) or colder

In April 1956 the western and northern portions of the city and its suburbs were hit by a violenttornado which locally produced F5 damage and killed 18

Climate data for Grand Rapids Michigan (Gerald Ford Intl) 1981-2010 normals extremes 1892-present[a]

Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year

Record high AcircdegF (AcircdegC)

68

(20)

69

(21)

87

(31)

90

(32)

95

(35)

102

(39)

108

(42)

102

(39)

98

(37)

89

(32)

81

(27)

69

(21)

108

(42)

Average high AcircdegF (AcircdegC)

307

(-07)

337

(09)

444

(69)

582

(146)

695

(208)

790

(261)

828

(282)

806

(27)

730

(228)

603

(157)

473

(85)

348

(16)

579

(144)

Average low AcircdegF (AcircdegC)

181

(-77)

199

(-67)

269

(-28)

377

(32)

478

(88)

577

(143)

622

(168)

610

(161)

527

(115)

418

(54)

330

(06)

235

(-47)

402

(46)

Record low AcircdegF (AcircdegC)

-22

(-30)

-24

(-31)

-13

(-25)

3

(-16)

21

(-6)

32

(0)

41

(5)

39

(4)

27

(-3)

18

(-8)

-10

(-23)

-18

(-28)

-24

(-31)

Precipitation inches (mm)

209

(531)

179

(455)

237

(602)

335

(851)

398

(1011)

377

(958)

378

(96)

359

(912)

428

(1087)

326

(828)

351

(892)

250

(635)

3827

(9721)

Snowfall inches (cm)

208

(528)

148

(376)

83

(211)

18

(46)

trace

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

05

(13)

68

(173)

219

(556)

749

(1902)

Avg precipitation days (gt= 001 in)

160

122

118

127

112

101

97

96

107

118

132

160

1450

Avg snowy days (gt= 01 in)

149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727

Mean monthly sunshine hours

883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886

Percent possible sunshine

30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49

Source NOAA (relative humidity and sun 1961-1990)[20][21][22]

Cityscape

Grand Rapids skyline during the construction RiverHouse condos

See also List of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids

The city skyline shows the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel formerly the Pantlind which reopened in 1981after extensive renovations by Marvin DeWinter amp Associates including the addition of a 29-storyglass tower The original hotels architects Warren amp Wetmore were inspired by the work of theScottish neoclassical architect Robert Adam In its prime the hotel was rated as one of the top tenhotels in the US The hotel features several restaurants well known in Grand Rapids such as Cygnusand the 1913 Room The latter was ranked as Michigans only AAA Five Diamond Award restaurantbefore being replaced in May 2011 by Ruths Chris Steakhouse

The hotel is owned by Amway Hotel Collection a subsidiary of Amways holding companyAlticor[23]

Other prominent large buildings include the JW Marriott Grand Rapids the first JW Marriott Hotel inthe Midwest It is themed from cityscapes of Grand Rapids sister cities Omihachiman JapanBielsko-Biaa Poland Perugia Italy Ga District Ghana and Zapopan Mexico When the hotel wasfirst opened Amway Hotel corporation hired photographer Dan Watts to travel to each of the sistercities and photograph them for the property Each floor of the hotel features photography from oneof the cities which is unique to that floor Cityscapes of these five cities are alternated in order upthe 23 floors

The citys tallest building which postdates the above photo is the River House CondominiumsCompleted in 2008 it is a 34-story (1238 m) condominium tower and stands as the tallest all-residential building in the state of Michigan[24]

Culture

Van Andel Museum Center

In 1969 Alexander Calders abstract sculpture La Grande Vitesse which translates from French asthe great swiftness or more loosely as grand rapids was installed downtown on the VandenbergPlaza the remodeled site of Grand Rapids City Hall[25] It became the first work of public art in theUnited States funded by the National Endowment for the Arts[26] Since then the site has hosted anannual Festival of the Arts on the plaza now known informally as Calder Plaza[25][27] During thefirst weekend in June several blocks of downtown surrounding the Calder stabile in VandenbergPlaza are closed to traffic The festival features several stages with free live performances foodbooths selling a variety of ethnic cuisine art demonstrations and sales and other arts-relatedactivities Organizers bill it as the largest all-volunteer arts festival in the United States VandenbergPlaza also hosts various ethnic festivals that take place throughout the summer season

Summer concludes with Celebration on the Grand the weekend after Labor Day featuring freeconcerts fireworks display and food booths Celebration on the Grand is an event that celebrates lifein the Grand River valley Each October the city celebrates the Polish heritage centered on the Westside of town with Pulaski Days

Cathedral of St Andrew

In Grand Rapids in 1973 the city hosted Sculpture off the Pedestal an outdoor exhibition of publicsculpture which assembled works by 13 world-renowned artists including Mark di Suvero JohnHenry Kenneth Snelson Robert Morris John Mason Lyman Kipp and Stephen Antonakos in asingle citywide celebration Sculpture off the Pedestal was a publicprivate partnership whichincluded financial support by the National Endowment for the Arts educational support from theMichigan Council for the Arts and in-kind contributions from individuals business and industry

Fund-raising events volunteers and locals housing artists contributed to the public character of theevent

On November 10 2004 the grand premiere of the film The Polar Express was held in Grand Rapidsit was adapted from the childrens book by author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg He lives in thecity as does its main character in the book and movie The movie was set in the city The MeijerGardens created a Polar Express display which was part of their larger Christmas Around the Worldexhibit

In mid-2004 the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) began construction of a new larger building forits collection it opened in October 2007 at 101 Monroe Center NW The new building site faces thesculpture Ecliptic by Maya Lin at Rosa Parks Circle The Museum was completed in 2007 It wasthe first new art museum to achieve gold-level LEED certification by the US Green BuildingCouncil

The first ArtPrize the worlds largest art competition determined by public voting took place inGrand Rapids from September 23 through October 10 2009 This event was founded by Rick DeVosgrandson of Amway Corp co-founder Richard DeVos who offered $449000 in cash prizes a total of1262 artists exhibited their work for two weeks and a total of 334219 votes were cast First prizeincluding a $250000 cash prize went to Brooklyn painter Ran Ortner[28] ArtPrize 2010 was heldSeptember 22 through October 10 2010 with work by 1713 artists on display The first prize wasawarded to Grand Rapids artist Chris LaPorte[29]

In 2012 Grand Rapids tied with Asheville North Carolina for Beer City USA The competition washeld by casting votes online for cities around the United States Prominent breweries in the areasuch as BOBs Brewery Brewery Vivant Founders Brewing Company Grand Rapids Brewing CoHideout HopCat and Schmohz have created the culture necessary to win the award[30] In 2013Grand Rapids was the sole winner of Beer City USA taking the prize with more votes than thosecombined for the second-place Kalamazoo Michigan and the third-place Asheville NorthCarolina[31]

Tourism

President Fords Tomb at his Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids Michigan

The Gerald R Ford Museum located on the west bank of the Grand River

The Heritage Hill Neighborhood

Wealthy Theatre

Grand Rapids is the home of John Ball Park Belknap Hill and the Gerald R Ford Museum the finalresting place of the 38th President of the United States and former First Lady Betty Ford Significantbuildings in the downtown include the DeVos Place Convention Center Van Andel Arena the AmwayGrand Plaza Hotel and the JW Marriott Hotel The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts is locateddowntown and houses art exhibits a movie theater and the urban clay studio

Along the Grand River are symbolic burial mounds which were used by the Hopewell tribe a fishladder and a riverwalk

Space Statue at the Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids Michigan

Grand Rapids is home to the Van Andel Museum Center Founded in 1854 it is among the oldesthistory museums in the United States The museums sites currently include its main buildingconstructed in 1994 on the west bank of the Grand River (home to the Roger B ChaffeePlanetarium) the Voigt House Victorian Museum and the City Archives and Records Center Thelatter held the museum and planetarium prior to 1994 Since the late 20th century the museum hashosted notable exhibitions including one on the Dead Sea Scrolls and The Quest for Immortalitythe Treasures of Ancient Egypt A non-profit institution it is owned and managed by the PublicMuseum of Grand Rapids Foundation

Heritage Hill a neighborhood directly east of downtown is one of the largest urban historic districtsin the country The first neighborhood of Grand Rapids its 1300 homes date from 1848 andrepresent over 60 architectural styles Of particular significance is the Meyer May House a Prairie-style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908 It was commissioned by local merchant MeyerMay who operated a mens clothing store (Mays of Michigan)

The house is now owned and operated by Steelcase Corporation Steelcase manufactured furniturefor the Johnson Wax Building in Racine Wisconsin which was also designed by Wright Because ofthose ties Steelcase purchased and restored the property in the 1980s The restoration has beenheralded as one of the most accurate and complete of any Wright restoration The home is used bySteelcase for special events and is open to the public for tours

Grand Rapids is home to many theatres and stages including the newly reconstructed Civic Theatre(also known as the Meijer Majestic) the citys largest theatre DeVos Hall and the convertible VanAndel Arena Further east of downtown is the historic Wealthy Theatre Studio 28 the first megaplexin the United States is located in Grand Rapids it reopened in 1988 with a seating capacity of6000[32] The megaplex ceased operations on November 23 2008[33][34] The Grand Rapidscompany also owns many theaters around West Michigan

In Grand Rapids Township the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park combine 125 acres(1Acirc km2) of world-class botanical gardens and artwork from such sculptors as Mark di SuveroAlexander Calder Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin The Gardens amphitheater plays host tonumerous concerts each summer featuring such acts as Jonny Lang The Pointer Sisters LyleLovett Cowboy Junkies and BB King The Gardens were mentioned in Patricia Schultzs book1000 Places to See Before You Die[35]

In 2014 Grand Rapids was named the No 1 US travel destination by Lonely Planet Other notabledestinations on Lonely Planets Top 10 list included Yosemite National Park Boston Massachusettsand Las Vegas Nevada[36]

Entertainment and performing arts

Grand Rapids has a number of popular concert venues in which numerous bands have performedincluding the Orbit Room the DAAC the Intersection DeVos Hall the Van Andel Arena the RoyceAuditorium the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center and the Deltaplex

The Schubert Male Chorus of Grand Rapids is considered the oldest independent continuing malechorus in America Founded by Henry C Post on November 19 1883 today the chorus continues toperform a variety of music

The Grand Rapids Symphony founded in 1930 presents more than 400 performances a year[37]

The Grand Rapids Barbershop Chapter Great Lakes Chorus is an all-male a cappella barbershopharmony chorus including quartets It is one of the oldest chapters in the Barbershop HarmonySociety (formally known as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber ShopQuartet Singing in America or SPEBSQSA) The Grand Rapids chapter organized on November 11939 for quartet singers it is credited for holding the first society-sanctioned quartet contest in theMichigan District (now Pioneer District) in March 1941 In 1944 the Grand Rapids Chapter iscredited with having the first International Quartet champions The Harmony Halls In 1947 theGreat Lakes Chorus (then called the Grand Rapids Chorus) was founded In 1953 the firstInternational Chorus Competition was held and the Great Lakes Chorus took First Place the firstInternational Convention Championship Chorus under the direction of Robert Weaver[38] Thechorus is still very active as a non-profit singing for community competition and contractedperformances

Grand Rapids Ballet Company was founded in 1971 and is Michigans only professional balletcompany[39] The ballet company is currently located on Ellsworth Avenue in the Heartsideneighborhood where it moved in 2000 In 2007 it expanded its facility by adding the LEED-certifiedPeter Wege Theater[39]

Opera Grand Rapids founded in 1966 is the states longest-running professional company[40] InFebruary 2010 the opera moved into a new facility in the Fulton Heights neighborhood[41]

A January 21 2011 Newsweek article listed Grand Rapids as a dying city Director Rob Bliss andproducer Scott Erickson filmed a vigorous 5000-person community response The Grand RapidsLipDub released May 26 was the first-ever city-wide lip dub video film critic Roger Ebertdescribedit as the greatest music video ever made[42] The video held the world record for largest lip dubfor two years and has amassed over 5 million views on YouTube PRNewswire awarded its producersthe Earnie Award for Best Use of Video in Social Media[43]

Sports

Several professional sports teams call the Grand Rapids area home

Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate

West Michigan Whitecaps

Baseball

1994

Midwest League

Fifth Third Ballpark

Championship Series winners 1996 1998 2004 2006 2007 Best regular season record 19971998 2000 2006 2007

Detroit Tigers

Grand Rapids Griffins

Ice hockey

1996

American Hockey League

Van Andel Arena

IHL Joseph Turner Memorial Cup Runner-up 2000 IHL Fred A Huber Trophy (regular seasonchampion) 2001 AHL Calder Cup Champions 2013

Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014

NBA Development League

DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons

Grand Rapids FC (Proposed)

Soccer

2014

National Premier Soccer League

Houseman Field

Each year the Fifth Third River Bank Run is held in downtown Grand Rapids It draws participantsfrom around the world in 2010 there were over 22000 participants The Grand Rapids Marathon isheld in downtown Grand Rapids in mid-October usually on the same weekend as the DetroitMarathon

Amateur sporting organizations in the area include the Grand Rapids Rowing Association[44] GrandRapids Rugby Club[45] and the West Michigan Wheelchair Sports Association[46] The WestMichigan Sports Commission is the host organizing committee for the inaugural State Games ofMichigan which will be held in Grand Rapids from June 25 to June 27 2010[47][48]

Media

Main article Media in Grand Rapids Michigan

The Grand Rapids Press is a daily newspaper while Advance Newspapers publishes a group ofweekly papers providing community-based news Gemini Publications is a niche regional publishingcompany that produces the weekly newspaper Grand Rapids Business Journal the magazines GrandRapids Magazine Grand Rapids Family and Michigan Blue and several other quarterly and annualbusiness-to-business publications Two free monthly entertainment guides are distributedREVUE[49] which covers music and the arts and RECOIL which covers music and offers Onion-style satire The Rapidian is an online-based citizen journalism project funded by grants from theKnight Foundation and local community foundations[50] It is reprinted or cited by other local mediaoutlets[51]

Grand Rapids combined with nearby Kalamazoo and Battle Creek was ranked in 2010 as the 41st-largest television market in the US by Nielsen Media Research[52] The market is served bystations affiliated with major American networks including WOOD-TV (channel 8 NBC) WOTV(channel 41 ABC) WZZM-TV (channel 13 ABC) WXMI (channel 17 Fox) WXSP-CD (channel 15MyNetworkTV) and Kalamazoo-based WWMT (channel 3 CBS) along with surrounding stationsbased from Muskegon and Battle Creek WGVU-TV is the areas PBS member station

The Grand Rapids area is served by 16 AM radio stations and 28 FM stations[53]

Economy

Top Employers based in Grand Rapids

Source The Right Place

Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6

Grand Rapids Public Schools

3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9

Saint Marys Health Care

2672

10

Grand Rapids Community College

2254

11

City of Grand Rapids

2050

12

Lacks Enterprises Inc

1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18

Pine Rest Christian Hospital

1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233

Further information List of Michigan companies

Headquartered in Grand Rapids Spectrum Health is the largest employer in West Michigan with16000 staff and 1500 physicians[54] Spectrum Healths Meijer Heart Center Lemmen-HoltonCancer Pavilion and Butterworth Hospital a level I trauma center are located on the Grand RapidsMedical Mile which has world-class facilities focusing on the health sciences These facilitiesinclude the Van Andel Research Institute Grand Valley State Universitys Cook-DeVos Center forHealth Sciences and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine medical schoolsSecchia Center along with Ferris State Universitys College of Pharmacy Nearly a billion dollarshas been invested in the Spectrum Health Cancer Pavilion the Spectrum Health Helen DeVosChildrens Hospital and the expansion to the Van Andel Institute These facilities have attractednumerous health science businesses to the area

Grand Rapids has long been a center for furniture automobile and aviation manufacturingAmerican Seating Steelcase Haworth and Herman Miller major manufacturers of office furnitureare based in the Grand Rapids area The area serves as an important location for GE AviationSystems

In 1880 Sligh Furniture Company started manufacturing furniture[55] In 1881 the FurnitureManufacturers Association (FMA) was organized in Grand Rapids it was the first furnituremanufacturing advocacy group in the country[56] Also since 1912 Kindel Furniture Company[57]and since 1922 the HekmanWoodmark Furniture Company[58] have been designing andmanufacturing traditional American furniture in Grand Rapids All of these companies are stillproducing furniture today

The Grand Rapids area is home to a number of well-known companies that include AlticorAmway (aconsumer goods manufacturer and distributor) Bissell (a privately owned vacuum cleaner and floorcare product manufacturer) Highlight Industries (an industry leader in stretch wrap equipment)Spartan Stores (a food distributor and grocery store chain) Foremost Insurance Company (aspecialty lines insurance company) Meijer (a regional supercenter chain) GE Aviation (formerlySmiths Industries an aerospace products company) Wolverine World Wide (a designer and

manufacturer of shoes boots and clothing) MC Sports Inc (a regional sports retail chain)Universal Forest Products (a building materials company) and Schuler Books amp Music one of thelargest independent bookstores in the country

The city is known as a center of Christian publishing home to Zondervan Baker Books KregelPublications and Eerdmans Publishing as well as Family Christian Stores a Christian bookstorechain

The surrounding area is noted for its fruit production Due to its close proximity to Lake Michiganthe climate is considered prime for apple peach and blueberry farming

In 2010 Grand Rapids was named the most sustainable midsize city in the US by the USChamber of Commerce Civic Leadership Center and Siemens Corp Grand Rapids was chosen overfinalist cities Davenport Iowa and Hoover Alabama[59] In 2014 Grand Rapids was ranked as thenumber one city for real estate investment[60]

Demographics

Historical population

Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census

As of the census[2] of 2010 there were 188040 people 72126 households and 41015 familiesresiding in the city The population density was 42351 inhabitants per square mile (16352Acirc km2)There were 80619 housing units at an average density of 18157 per square mile (7010Acirc km2)The racial makeup of the city was 646 White 209 African American 07 Native American19 Asian 01 Pacific Islander 77 from other races and 42 from two or more racesHispanic or Latino of any race were 156 of the population[61] Non-Hispanic Whites were 59 ofthe population in 2010[62] compared to 869 in 1970[63]

There were 72126 households of which 311 had children under the age of 18 living with them355 were married couples living together 164 had a female householder with no husbandpresent 50 had a male householder with no wife present and 431 were non-families 323 ofall households were made up of individuals and 101 had someone living alone who was 65 years ofage or older The average household size was 249 and the average family size was 320

The median age in the city was 308 years 247 of residents were under the age of 18 145 were

between the ages of 18 and 24 286 were from 25 to 44 212 were from 45 to 64 and 111were 65 years of age or older The gender makeup of the city was 487 male and 513 female

As of the 2007 American Community Survey the largest ancestry groups in Grand Rapids includeGerman 234 Dutch 212 English 159 Irish 114 Polish 65 French 51 Swedish27 Scottish 20 and Scots-Irish 13[64]

Those citing American ancestry in Grand Rapids are of overwhelmingly British ancestry mostAmericans descended from immigrants from the British Isles identify as having American ancestrybecause their roots have been in North America for so long in many cases since the 17thcentury[65][66][67][68]

2000 census

There were 73217 households out of which 320 had children under the age of 18 living withthem 403 were married couples living together 158 had a female householder with nohusband present and 394 were non-families 308 of all households were made up of individualsand 100 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household sizewas 257 and the average family size was 324

In the city the age distribution of the population shows 270 under the age of 18 131 from 18 to24 315 from 25 to 44 167 from 45 to 64 and 116 who were 65 years of age or older Themedian age was 30 years For every 100 females there were 958 males For every 100 females age18 and over there were 925 males

The median income for a household in the city was $37224 and the median income for a family was$44224 Males had a median income of $33050 versus $26382 for females The per capita incomefor the city was $17661 157 of the population and 119 of families were below the poverty lineOut of the total people living in poverty 194 are under the age of 18 and 104 are 65 or older

Religion

The Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA) has a large following in Grand Rapidsits denominatonal offices are located on the southeast side of the city The CRCNA has over 230congregations and almost 100000 members in Michigan as of 2010[69] The denomination isconcentrated in the western part of the state where a substantial number of immigrants from theNetherlands settled a majority of them were followers of the Reformed faith[70] As of 2012 theChristian Reformed Church in North America has nearly 1100 congregations and over 250000members nationwide[71] The Grand Rapids-Wyoming Metropolitan are has 149 Christian ReformedChurches with 77389 members[72]

The Reformed Church in America (RCA) has about 154 congregations and 76000 members mainly inWestern Michigan[73] heavily concentrated in the cities in Grand Rapids Holland and Zeeland Themain office of the denomination is also in Grand Rapids[74] The Grand Rapids WyomingMetropolitan are has 86 congregations with almost 49000 members

The Protestant Reformed Churches in America (PRCA) traces its roots to the First ProtestantReformed Church (Grand Rapids Michigan) whose pastor was Herman Hoeksema the founder ofthe church[75] Majority of the PRCAs Classis East churches about 13 congregations are locatedaround Grand Rapids[72][76][77]

The United Reformed Churches in North America has 12 congregations in Grand Rapids area thesecongregations form the Classis of Michigan[78][79] The PC(USA) had 12 congregtions and 7000members in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming Metropolitan statistical area the United Church of Christhad also 14 congregations and 5400 members[80]

Grand Rapids is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids which was created on May19 1882 by Pope Leo XIII The Diocese comprises 176098 Catholics in West Michigan 102parishes and four high schools Catholic Central High School Grand Rapids Muskegon CatholicCentral High School Muskegon St Patrick High School Portland and West Catholic High SchoolGrand Rapids[81]David John Walkowiak is the current Bishop of Grand Rapids

The offices of the West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church are located inthe East Hills Neighborhood of Grand Rapids The West Michigan Annual Conference representsmore than 400 local United Methodist churches in the western half of the lower peninsula withapproximately 65000 members in total[82] Grand Rapids is also home to the United MethodistCommunity House whose mission is to increase the ability of children youth adults and families tosucceed in a diverse community[83] In 2010 The United Methodist Church had 61 congregationsand 21450 members in the Grand Rapids Metropolitan area[84]

Government and politics

Like the surrounding counties the Grand Rapids area has traditionally been a stronghold for theRepublican Party but the city have been supporting Democratic candidates

The city is the center of the 3rd Congressional District currently represented by libertarianRepublican Justin Amash Former President Gerald Ford represented the district from 1949 to 1973and is buried on the grounds of his Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids The city and its suburbsare home to several major donors to the national Republican Party including the DeVos family andPeter Secchia former Ambassador to Italy

The city proper tends to elect Democrats Both of its representatives in the Michigan State House ofRepresentatives are Democrats and in the six most recent presidential elections Democraticcandidates Bill Clinton Al Gore John Kerry and Barack Obama won a majority or plurality of votesin the city of Grand Rapids The last Republican candidate for President to carry the city was GeorgeHW Bush in 1988

Commission-Manager plan

Under Michigan law Grand Rapids is a home rule city and adopted a city charter in 1916 providingfor the Commission-Manager form of municipal government Under this system the politicalresponsibilities are divided between an elected City Commission and a hired full-time City ManagerTwo part-time Commissioners are elected to four-year terms from each of three wards with half ofthese seats up for election every two years The part-time Mayor is elected every four years by thecity at large and serves as chair of the Commission with a vote equal to that of a CommissionerThe races--held in odd-numbered years--are formally non-partisan although the party and otherpolitical affiliations of candidates do sometimes come up during the campaign period TheCommission sets policy for the city and is responsible for hiring the City Manager and otherappointed officials[85]

Mayor

George Heartwell was elected mayor of Grand Rapids after long-serving mayor John H Logiedeclined to run for re-election in 2003 Logie felt the position should be made full-time but to avoidthe question becoming a referendum on whether he should hold the job full-time he announced thathe would not run for re-election The voters decided to keep the position part-time and Heartwellwas elected and assumed office on January 1 2004[86]

See also List of mayors of Grand Rapids Michigan

Education

K-12 public education is provided by the Grand Rapids Public Schools as well as a number of charterschools Grand Rapids is home of the oldest co-educational Catholic high school in the United StatesCatholic Central High School[87]National Heritage Academies which operates charter schoolsacross several states has its headquarters in Grand Rapids[88]

The Main Branch of the Grand Rapids Public Library the Ryerson Building its oldest wing openedin 1904

The Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences located on Grand Rapids Medical Mile is part ofGrand Valley State Universitys Pew Grand Rapids campus[89]

Grand Rapids is home to several colleges and universities The private religious schools AquinasCollege Calvin College Cornerstone University Grace Bible College and Kuyper College each havea campus within the city Thomas M Cooley Law School a private institution also has a campus inGrand Rapids Northwood University a private university with its main campus in MidlandMichigan has a satellite campus located downtown near the medical mile The for-profit vocationalschool ITT Technical Institute has one of its 105 campuses (located across 37 states of the US)[90]located in Grand Rapids as well Davenport University a private non-profit multi-location universitywith 14 campuses state-wide has its main campus just outside of Grand Rapids

As for public tertiary institutions Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) maintains a campusdowntown and facilities in other parts of the city and surrounding region Grand Valley State

University with its main campus located in nearby Allendale continues to develop its presencedowntown by expanding its Pew campus begun in the 1980s on the west bank of the GrandRiver[89] This downtown campus currently consists of 33 acres (13Acirc ha) in two locations and ishome to 11 buildings and three leased spaces[91]

Ferris State University has a growing campus downtown including the Applied Technology Center(operated with GRCC) and the Kendall College of Art and Design a formerly private institution thatnow is part of Ferris Ferris State also has a branch of the College of Pharmacy located downtown onthe medical mile Western Michigan University has a long-standing graduate program in the citywith facilities downtown and in the southeast The Van Andel Institute a cancer research instituteestablished in 1996 also resides on the medical mile the institute established a graduate school in2005 to train PhD students in cellular genetic and molecular biology

Grand Rapids is home to the Secchia Center medical education building a $90 million seven-story180000-square-foot (17000Acirc m2) facility at Michigan Street and Division Avenue part of the GrandRapids Medical Mile The building is home to the Grand Rapids Campus of the Michigan StateUniversity College of Human Medicine This campus trains medical students through all four yearsof their medical education The state-of-the-art facility includes clinical examination roomssimulation suites classrooms offices and student areas[92]

Notable people

Main article List of people from Grand Rapids Michigan

Transportation

Major highways

Further information Roads and freeways in Michigan

I-96 runs along the northern and northeastern sides of the city linking with Muskegon to thewest and Lansing and Detroit Michigan to the east

I-196 also named the Gerald R Ford Freeway runs east-west through the city connecting to I-96 just east of Grand Rapids and I-94 in Benton Township

I-296 an unsigned route running concurrently with USAcirc 131 between I-96 and I-196

BSAcirc I-196 a business spur of I-196 that follows a section of Chicago Drive

USAcirc 131 runs north-south through the city linking with Kalamazoo to the south and Cadillac tothe north

BUS USAcirc 131 a business loop traversing downtown Grand Rapids

M-6 is the Paul B Henry Freeway running along the south side connecting I-96 and I-196

M-11 runs along IronwoodRemembrance Road Wilson Avenue and 28th Street

M-21 is Fulton Street to the east

M-37 follows Alpine Avenue to the north I-96 East Beltline Avenue and Broadmoor Avenue to thesouth

M-44 is East Beltline north of I-96

CONN M-44 runs along Plainfield Avenue

M-45 follows Lake Michigan Drive west toward Allendale and Lake Michigan

M-121 follows Chicago Drive southwest of Grand Rapids to Holland

A-45 is Old USAcirc 131 south of 28th Street

Mass transit

Bus

Public bus transportation is provided by the Interurban Transit Partnership which brands itself asThe Rapid Transportation is also provided by the DASH buses the Downtown Area Shuttle Theseprovide transportation to and from the parking lots in the city of Grand Rapids to various designatedloading and unloading spots around the city The areas Greyhound Bus terminal is integrated intothe Central Station of the Rapid simplifying transfers between Greyhound and local buses Thereare plans in the works to add more express routes secondary stations a streetcar and dedicated(exclusive) highway lanes[93]

In the Summer of 2012 Megabus started service from Grand Rapids to Chicago Detroit EastLansing Indianapolis and Columbus[94]

Indian Trails provides daily intercity bus service of varying frequencies between Grand Rapids andPetoskey Michigan[95] between Grand Rapids and Benton Harbor Michigan[96] and betweenGrand Rapids and Kalamazoo Michigan[97] with intermediate stops

Air

Commercial air service to Grand Rapids is provided by Gerald R Ford International Airport (GRR)Seven airlines operate over 150 daily flights to 23 nonstop destinations across the United States andto Toronto in Canada The airport was previously named the Kent County International Airport

The first regularly scheduled air service in the United States was between Grand Rapids and Detroit(actually Dearborns Ford Airport) on a Ford-Stout monoplane named Miss Grand Rapids whichcommenced July 26 1926

Rail

Amtrak provides direct train service to Chicago from the passenger station via the Pere Marquetteline[98][99] Freight service is provided by CSX the Grand Elk Railroad Marquette Rail the

Coopersville and Marne Railway and the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad

Sister cities

Grand Rapids has city partnerships with the following cities[100]

Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy

Zapopan Jalisco Mexico

Ga District Ghana

See also

Geography of Michigan

List of Michigan-related topics

List of people from Grand Rapids Michigan

Michigan census statistical areas

Notes

^ Official records for Grand Rapids kept June 1892 to December 1940 at downtown at the firstGrand Rapids Airport some 4Acirc mi (64Acirc km) south of downtown from January 1941 to 23 November1963 and at Gerald Ford Intl since its opening on 24 November 1963 For more information seeThreadex

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^ The Furniture City Grand Rapids Public Museum Retrieved 6 March 2010

^ Bray Nicole and DuShane Robert (2013) Ghosts of Grand Rapids pp 13-14 The History Press

^ Furniture Detective Not all antique Grand Rapids furniture is grand The Antique Trader

^ North Carolina the Furniture Capital of the World Visit NC

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^ Richard L Johnson (2004-10-05) Alticor Which Owns and Operates the Amway Grand PlazaHotel Planning a 300-400 Room Marriott in Downtown Grand Rapids Michigan October 2004Hotel-onlinecom Retrieved 2013-09-24

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^ 40th Anniversary Highlights 1967 - Initial Public Art Project Becomes a Landmark National

Endowment for the Arts Retrieved 2009-12-03

^ About Festival of the Arts Festival of the Arts - Grand Rapids Michigan Retrieved 10 March2010

^ History Artprize Retrieved 10 April 2010

^ About ArtPrize Artprize Retrieved 10 April 2010

^ Ellison Garret (May 14 2012) Beer City USA The Grand Rapids Press Retrieved August 122012

^ Beer City USA 2013 - Grand Rapids wins again wzzm13com 2013-05-14 Retrieved 2013-0--24

^ Jack Loeks Studio 28 Cinema Treasures 2009 Retrieved January 12 2010

^ Studio 28 Theatre CinemaTour November 27 2009 Retrieved January 14 2010

^ Brenzing Bob Ross Peter (November 14 2008) Studio 29 closing November 23rd WZZMRetrieved January 14 2010

^ Frederik Meijer Gardens gets accolades in Delta Airlines Sky Magazine The Grand RapidsPress May 15 2009 Retrieved 16 February 2010

^ Top Ten US Travel Destinations for 2014 Lonely Planet Dec 10 2013 Retrieved August 82014

^ About the GRS The Grand Rapids Symphony Retrieved 23 January 2011

^ AboutHistory Great Lakes Chorus Retrieved December 15 2010

^ a b History Grand Rapids Ballet Company Retrieved December 15 2010

^ History September 10 2010 Retrieved December 15 2010

^ Kaczmarczyk Jeffrey (February 16 2010) Opera Grand Rapids Begins Move-in at its $25 MillionFirst Permanent Home Grand Rapids Press Retrieved December 15 2010

^ Kaczmarczyk Jeffrey (May 27 2011) Rob Bliss American Pie lip dub video sparks Newsweekssource to explain its dying city designation for Grand Rapids The Grand Rapids Press Archivedfrom the original on October 14 2011 Retrieved October 14 2011

^ Status Creatives Grand Rapids Lip Dub Wins 2011 Earnie Award PR Newswires - NEW YORKFeb 21 2012 PRNewswire Prnewswirecom 2012-02-21 Retrieved 2013-09-24

^ Grand Rapids Rowing Association Grand Rapids Rowing Association Retrieved 8 June 2010

^ Grand Rapids Rugby Club Grand Rapids Rugby Club Retrieved 8 June 2010

^ Grand Rapids Wheelchair Sports Association Grand Rapids Wheelchair Sports Association

Retrieved 8 June 2010

^ State Games of Michigan stategamesofmichigancom Retrieved 8 June 2010

^ Kaminski Steve (May 21 2010) Kentwoods Mike Knuble among Olympians to be honored atState Games of Michigan The Grand Rapids Press Retrieved 8 June 2010

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^ The Rapidian Dev Blog - GR Press First Citizen Journalist Chronicle Retrieved October 1 2010

^ Local Television Market Universe Estimates Nielsen Media Research 2010 Retrieved March 72011

^ Michigan - Radio Broadcasting Stations RadioStationWorld 2008 Retrieved August 18 2008

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^ Furniture Manufacturers Association History of FMA Retrieved August 2 2007

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^ Hekman History HekmanWoodmark Furniture Company 2007 Archived from the original onDecember 10 2007 Retrieved January 14 2020

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^ Harger Jim Grand Rapids ranked as the nations best place to own rental property MLive 21Feb 2014

^ Delia FernAtildeiexclndez Becoming Latino Mexican and Puerto Rican Community Formation in GrandRapids Michigan 1926-1964 Michigan Historical Review 39 (Spring 2013) 71-100

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^ West Michigan Race Ethnicity Foreign Born Ancestry (PDF) The Right Place Advancing theWest Michigan Economy The Right Place Inc Retrieved September 9 2012

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^ Downloads Prcaorg Retrieved 2013-09-24

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^ Mayor George Heartwell City of Grand Rapids Michigan Retrieved 5 March 2010

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Broadmoor Ave SE Suite 201 Grand Rapids MI 49512

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Further reading

Carron Christian G Grand Rapids Furniture The Story of Americas Furniture City Grand RapidsMI Grand Rapids Public Museum 1998

FernAtildeiexclndez Delia Becoming Latino Mexican and Puerto Rican Community Formation in GrandRapids Michigan 1926-1964 Michigan Historical Review vol 39 (Spring 2013) ppAcirc 71-100via=[[JSTOR]]

Todd E Robinson A City Within a City The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids MichiganPhiladelphia Temple University Press 2013

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Rapids Michigan

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Grand RapidsKent County Convention amp Visitors Bureau

Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce

Grand Rapids Historical Commission Online Archive

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4 Culture

41 Tourism

42 Entertainment and performing arts

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5 Economy

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63 Religion

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72 Mayor

8 Education

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102

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98

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89

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2254

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1668

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US Postal Service

1633

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1493

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1436

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87565

453

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112571

286

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137634

223

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168592

225

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164292

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176515

74

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177313

05

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197649

115

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181843

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98

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96

107

118

132

160

1450


149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website









1915 panorama

Gypsum mining



Furniture City






Roadways


Railroad


Air transportation


Grand River

Geography

Topography




Climate





Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year


68

(20)

69

(21)

87

(31)

90

(32)

95

(35)

102

(39)

108

(42)

102

(39)

98

(37)

89

(32)

81

(27)

69

(21)

108

(42)


307

(-07)

337

(09)

444

(69)

582

(146)

695

(208)

790

(261)

828

(282)

806

(27)

730

(228)

603

(157)

473

(85)

348

(16)

579

(144)


181

(-77)

199

(-67)

269

(-28)

377

(32)

478

(88)

577

(143)

622

(168)

610

(161)

527

(115)

418

(54)

330

(06)

235

(-47)

402

(46)


-22

(-30)

-24

(-31)

-13

(-25)

3

(-16)

21

(-6)

32

(0)

41

(5)

39

(4)

27

(-3)

18

(-8)

-10

(-23)

-18

(-28)

-24

(-31)


209

(531)

179

(455)

237

(602)

335

(851)

398

(1011)

377

(958)

378

(96)

359

(912)

428

(1087)

326

(828)

351

(892)

250

(635)

3827

(9721)


208

(528)

148

(376)

83

(211)

18

(46)

trace

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

05

(13)

68

(173)

219

(556)

749

(1902)


160

122

118

127

112

101

97

96

107

118

132

160

1450


149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website








Roadways


Railroad


Air transportation


Grand River

Geography

Topography




Climate





Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year


68

(20)

69

(21)

87

(31)

90

(32)

95

(35)

102

(39)

108

(42)

102

(39)

98

(37)

89

(32)

81

(27)

69

(21)

108

(42)


307

(-07)

337

(09)

444

(69)

582

(146)

695

(208)

790

(261)

828

(282)

806

(27)

730

(228)

603

(157)

473

(85)

348

(16)

579

(144)


181

(-77)

199

(-67)

269

(-28)

377

(32)

478

(88)

577

(143)

622

(168)

610

(161)

527

(115)

418

(54)

330

(06)

235

(-47)

402

(46)


-22

(-30)

-24

(-31)

-13

(-25)

3

(-16)

21

(-6)

32

(0)

41

(5)

39

(4)

27

(-3)

18

(-8)

-10

(-23)

-18

(-28)

-24

(-31)


209

(531)

179

(455)

237

(602)

335

(851)

398

(1011)

377

(958)

378

(96)

359

(912)

428

(1087)

326

(828)

351

(892)

250

(635)

3827

(9721)


208

(528)

148

(376)

83

(211)

18

(46)

trace

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

05

(13)

68

(173)

219

(556)

749

(1902)


160

122

118

127

112

101

97

96

107

118

132

160

1450


149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website








Climate





Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year


68

(20)

69

(21)

87

(31)

90

(32)

95

(35)

102

(39)

108

(42)

102

(39)

98

(37)

89

(32)

81

(27)

69

(21)

108

(42)


307

(-07)

337

(09)

444

(69)

582

(146)

695

(208)

790

(261)

828

(282)

806

(27)

730

(228)

603

(157)

473

(85)

348

(16)

579

(144)


181

(-77)

199

(-67)

269

(-28)

377

(32)

478

(88)

577

(143)

622

(168)

610

(161)

527

(115)

418

(54)

330

(06)

235

(-47)

402

(46)


-22

(-30)

-24

(-31)

-13

(-25)

3

(-16)

21

(-6)

32

(0)

41

(5)

39

(4)

27

(-3)

18

(-8)

-10

(-23)

-18

(-28)

-24

(-31)


209

(531)

179

(455)

237

(602)

335

(851)

398

(1011)

377

(958)

378

(96)

359

(912)

428

(1087)

326

(828)

351

(892)

250

(635)

3827

(9721)


208

(528)

148

(376)

83

(211)

18

(46)

trace

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

05

(13)

68

(173)

219

(556)

749

(1902)


160

122

118

127

112

101

97

96

107

118

132

160

1450


149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year


68

(20)

69

(21)

87

(31)

90

(32)

95

(35)

102

(39)

108

(42)

102

(39)

98

(37)

89

(32)

81

(27)

69

(21)

108

(42)


307

(-07)

337

(09)

444

(69)

582

(146)

695

(208)

790

(261)

828

(282)

806

(27)

730

(228)

603

(157)

473

(85)

348

(16)

579

(144)


181

(-77)

199

(-67)

269

(-28)

377

(32)

478

(88)

577

(143)

622

(168)

610

(161)

527

(115)

418

(54)

330

(06)

235

(-47)

402

(46)


-22

(-30)

-24

(-31)

-13

(-25)

3

(-16)

21

(-6)

32

(0)

41

(5)

39

(4)

27

(-3)

18

(-8)

-10

(-23)

-18

(-28)

-24

(-31)


209

(531)

179

(455)

237

(602)

335

(851)

398

(1011)

377

(958)

378

(96)

359

(912)

428

(1087)

326

(828)

351

(892)

250

(635)

3827

(9721)


208

(528)

148

(376)

83

(211)

18

(46)

trace

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

05

(13)

68

(173)

219

(556)

749

(1902)


160

122

118

127

112

101

97

96

107

118

132

160

1450


149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





(32)

81

(27)

69

(21)

108

(42)


307

(-07)

337

(09)

444

(69)

582

(146)

695

(208)

790

(261)

828

(282)

806

(27)

730

(228)

603

(157)

473

(85)

348

(16)

579

(144)


181

(-77)

199

(-67)

269

(-28)

377

(32)

478

(88)

577

(143)

622

(168)

610

(161)

527

(115)

418

(54)

330

(06)

235

(-47)

402

(46)


-22

(-30)

-24

(-31)

-13

(-25)

3

(-16)

21

(-6)

32

(0)

41

(5)

39

(4)

27

(-3)

18

(-8)

-10

(-23)

-18

(-28)

-24

(-31)


209

(531)

179

(455)

237

(602)

335

(851)

398

(1011)

377

(958)

378

(96)

359

(912)

428

(1087)

326

(828)

351

(892)

250

(635)

3827

(9721)


208

(528)

148

(376)

83

(211)

18

(46)

trace

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

05

(13)

68

(173)

219

(556)

749

(1902)


160

122

118

127

112

101

97

96

107

118

132

160

1450


149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











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Wealthy Theatre


















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Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















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External links


Official website





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1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

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1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









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Further reading




External links


Official website





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39

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56

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61

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45

28

22

49


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Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















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Further reading




External links


Official website





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428

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326

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22

49


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Culture











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Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





(912)

428

(1087)

326

(828)

351

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250

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3827

(9721)


208

(528)

148

(376)

83

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18

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132

160

1450


149

107

64

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0

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0

05

42

133

521

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772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





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68

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749

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160

122

118

127

112

101

97

96

107

118

132

160

1450


149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





149

107

64

20

01

0

0

0

0

05

42

133

521

Acirc humidity

772

742

711

668

654

681

696

733

761

746

769

795

727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





727


883

1160

1682

2102

2559

2868

2965

2642

2060

1524

820

621

21886


30

39

45

52

56

62

64

61

55

45

28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





28

22

49


Cityscape







Culture











Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website















Tourism




Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website







Wealthy Theatre


















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website




















Sports


Club

Sport

Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





Year founded

League

Venue

Championships

Affiliate


Baseball

1994

Midwest League



Detroit Tigers


Ice hockey

1996


Van Andel Arena


Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids Drive

Basketball

2014


DeltaPlex Arena

Detroit Pistons


Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website






Soccer

2014


Houseman Field



Media





Economy



Rank

CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





CompanyOrganization

1

Spectrum Health

18000

2

Axios Inc

8000

3

Meijer

7725

4

Spartan Stores

4258

5

Johnson Controls

3900

6


3297

7

Steelcase

3227

8

Fifth Third Bank

2729

9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





9


2672

10


2254

11


2050

12


1750

13

Kent County

1668

14

US Postal Service

1633

15

Consumers Energy

1493

16

Hope Network

1436

17

GE Aviation

1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





1400

18


1390

19

Holland Home

1275

20

Amway Hotel

1233










Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website









Demographics


Census

Pop

Acircplusmn

1850

2686

--

1860

8085

2010

1870

16507

1042

1880

32016

940

1890

60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





60278

883

1900

87565

453

1910

112571

286

1920

137634

223

1930

168592

225

1940

164292

-26

1950

176515

74

1960

177313

05

1970

197649

115

1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





1980

181843

-80

1990

189126

40

2000

197800

46

2010

188040

-49

Est 2013

192294

23

US Decennial Census

2011 estimate

2010 census







2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website








2000 census




Religion













Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website














Mayor



Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website







Education









Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website








Notable people


Transportation

Major highways

















Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website












Mass transit

Bus




Air



Rail



Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website






Sister cities


Omihachiman Japan

Bielsko-Biaa Poland

Perugia Italy


Ga District Ghana

See also





Notes


References








2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





2010


































































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website



















































^ [1]

^ [2]









^ [3]















^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website











^ [4]







Further reading




External links


Official website





Official website





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