† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
5 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGrand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MIMichiganUnited States
German18.2%17.7%12.5%
Dutch16.1%3.0%—
English10.5%10.5%9.5%
Irish9.2%9.9%9.4%
Polish5.6%7.2%2.2%
American3.5%4.2%5.3%
Italian2.8%4.2%4.8%
French2.2%3.0%1.6%
Mexican6.7%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.7%—0.5%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
African American†5.2%12.2%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Vietnamese0.5%0.2%0.6%
Asian Indian0.4%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.5%1.3%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Burmese0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
Michigan
United States
Median age
36.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$83,097
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.7%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.7%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.3%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.9%
3.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
Michigan
United States
Catholic
12.5%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.5%
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.4%
60.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.3%
4.7%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−8.1%
1896
−9.2%
1900
−15.5%
1904
−46.5%
1908
−23.1%
1912
+5.9%
1916
+1.4%
1920
−47.3%
1924
−60.7%
1928
−55.6%
1932
−1.2%
1936
+4.3%
1940
−13.8%
1944
−20.2%
1948
−17.6%
1952
−32.3%
1956
−36.4%
1960
−28.6%
1964
+11.0%
1968
−21.0%
1972
−27.2%
1976
−36.7%
1980
−25.4%
1984
−41.4%
1988
−32.5%
1992
−16.8%
1996
−18.3%
2000
−26.7%
2004
−25.3%
2008
−6.8%
2012
−15.5%
2016
−14.9%
2020
−7.6%
2024
−8.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
45.1%Harris296,418
53.3%Trump350,628
0.5%Oliver3,417 +8
R+8.2
R+0.7
R+6.8
657,945
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican53.3%350,628
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic45.1%296,418
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%3,417
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%3,316
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%2,224
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%872
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%484
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%288
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%234
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%63
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.0%1
R
45.2%Biden285,021
52.8%Trump332,597
2.0%
R+7.6
D+7.4
R+12.0
629,975
R
38.8%Clinton208,996
53.7%Trump289,391
7.5%
R+14.9
D+0.6
R+17.0
539,058
R
41.4%Obama210,084
56.9%Romney288,682
1.6%
R+15.5
R+8.7
R+19.4
506,984
R
45.8%Obama239,959
52.5%McCain275,544
1.7%
R+6.8
D+18.5
R+14.1
524,438
R
36.9%Kerry185,891
62.2%Bush313,476
1.0%
R+25.3
D+1.4
R+22.8
504,158
R
35.5%Gore153,919
62.1%Bush269,632
2.4%
R+26.7
R+8.4
R+27.2
434,035
R
36.8%Clinton141,717
55.1%Dole212,163
8.0%
R+18.3
R+1.5
R+26.8
384,813
R
31.8%Clinton130,237
48.6%Bush199,191
19.6%
R+16.8
D+15.7
R+22.4
409,965
R
33.4%Dukakis116,043
65.9%Bush228,962
0.7%
R+32.5
D+8.9
R+24.8
347,375
R
29.0%Mondale98,362
70.4%Reagan239,075
0.6%
R+41.4
R+16.1
R+23.2
339,477
R
32.6%Carter111,827
58.0%Reagan198,689
9.4%
R+25.4
D+11.3
R+15.6
342,560
R
31.0%Carter95,852
67.6%Ford209,355
1.4%
R+36.7
R+9.5
R+38.7
309,476
R
35.3%McGovern100,032
62.5%Nixon177,092
2.1%
R+27.2
R+6.2
R+4.1
283,164
R
35.6%Humphrey90,886
56.6%Nixon144,612
7.8%
R+21.0
R+32.0
R+20.3
255,462
D
55.4%Johnson134,445
44.4%Goldwater107,730
0.2%
D+11.0
D+39.6
R+11.6
242,634
R
35.5%Kennedy87,480
64.1%Nixon157,943
0.3%
R+28.6
D+7.8
R+28.8
246,212
R
31.6%Stevenson71,378
68.0%Eisenhower153,699
0.4%
R+36.4
R+4.1
R+21.0
225,991
R
33.3%Stevenson66,852
65.6%Eisenhower131,824
1.2%
R+32.3
R+14.7
R+21.6
201,004
R
40.1%Truman62,169
57.7%Dewey89,425
2.1%
R+17.6
D+2.6
R+22.1
154,898
R
39.3%Roosevelt62,805
59.5%Dewey95,153
1.2%
R+20.2
R+6.4
R+27.7
159,809
R
42.7%Roosevelt69,957
56.5%Willkie92,537
0.7%
R+13.8
R+18.1
R+23.7
163,656
D
49.6%Roosevelt70,372
45.3%Landon64,215
5.2%
D+4.3
D+5.5
R+19.9
141,911
R
47.8%Roosevelt68,397
48.9%Hoover70,058
3.3%
R+1.2
D+54.4
R+18.9
143,184
R
21.9%Smith26,873
77.5%Hoover95,196
0.6%
R+55.6
D+5.1
R+38.1
122,867
R
15.5%Davis16,116
76.2%Coolidge78,995
8.2%
R+60.7
R+13.3
R+35.5
103,656
R
24.3%Cox24,118
71.7%Harding71,105
4.0%
R+47.3
R+48.7
R+21.2
99,236
D
48.8%Wilson33,508
47.5%Hughes32,580
3.7%
D+1.4
R+4.5
R+1.8
68,650
O
28.8%Wilson17,378
22.9%Taft13,831
48.3%
Roosevelt +19.6
D+29.0
R+13.7
60,408
R
35.5%Bryan20,947
58.6%Taft34,607
5.9%
R+23.1
D+23.4
R+13.6
59,039
R
24.2%Parker13,901
70.7%Roosevelt40,591
5.1%
R+46.5
R+31.0
R+26.8
57,397
R
40.9%Bryan26,411
56.4%McKinley36,406
2.7%
R+15.5
R+6.3
R+7.9
64,593
R
44.3%Bryan28,697
53.5%McKinley34,651
2.2%
R+9.2
R+1.1
R+3.1
64,797
R
40.4%Cleveland22,313
48.6%Harrison26,796
11.0%
R+8.1
—
R+9.8
55,187
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
44.3%288,732
53.0%344,959
651,263
2020
R
42.6%266,165
55.6%347,909
625,338
2018
R
43.8%210,659
54.1%260,517
481,456
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
782,519
2018
792,140
2020
867,061
2022
888,779
2024
916,607
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+812 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +13,043 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−207
2012
+2,270
2013
+3,213
2014
+2,598
2015
+1,078
2016
+1,635
2017
+2,222
2018
+1,536
2019
−411
2021
−982
2022
−1,425
2023
−218
2024
+922
2025
+812
Grand Rapids anchors a historically Republican corridor reshaped by a growing Latino population in Wyoming and Kentwood, tightening margins in statewide races that once broke reliably right by double digits.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 60.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.2 points.
A population of 1,162,152, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,097 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Omaha, NE-IA and Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
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How did Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan voted Republican by 8.2 points (R+8.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 657,945 votes cast, 296,418 went Democratic and 350,628 went Republican.
When did Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan?
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan has a population of 1,162,152 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan is $83,097 — above the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
