† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
14 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-Kalamazoo-Battle CreekMichiganUnited States
German18.5%17.7%12.5%
Dutch12.5%3.0%—
English11.0%10.5%9.5%
Irish9.4%9.9%9.4%
Polish5.0%7.2%2.2%
American4.1%4.2%5.3%
Italian2.5%4.2%4.8%
French2.2%3.0%1.6%
Mexican6.3%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%—0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
African American†5.7%12.2%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Asian Indian0.4%1.2%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Chinese0.2%0.5%1.3%
Korean0.2%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-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
Michigan
United States
Median age
37.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$76,864
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.1%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.5%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.0%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.1%
3.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
Michigan
United States
Catholic
11.3%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.0%
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.3%
60.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.8%
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-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.9%
1896
−7.5%
1900
−15.8%
1904
−45.3%
1908
−25.7%
1912
+4.6%
1916
−0.5%
1920
−46.8%
1924
−58.9%
1928
−56.9%
1932
−1.1%
1936
+3.9%
1940
−15.1%
1944
−20.1%
1948
−16.8%
1952
−31.0%
1956
−33.8%
1960
−25.5%
1964
+15.4%
1968
−18.2%
1972
−26.1%
1976
−26.9%
1980
−22.3%
1984
−36.5%
1988
−24.6%
1992
−7.2%
1996
−7.2%
2000
−16.4%
2004
−15.8%
2008
+1.6%
2012
−7.4%
2016
−12.1%
2020
−7.2%
2024
−8.6%
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
44.9%Harris527,326
53.5%Trump628,679
0.5%Kennedy5,970 +9
R+8.6
R+1.4
R+7.2
1,174,890
All 12 candidates in 2024 · 10 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican53.5%628,679
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic44.9%527,326
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%5,970
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%5,673
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%3,855
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%1,566
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%890
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%444
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%387
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%98
Cherunda Lynn FoxIndependent0.0%1
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.0%1
R
45.5%Biden512,717
52.6%Trump593,697
1.9%
R+7.2
D+5.0
R+11.6
1,127,969
R
40.4%Clinton391,685
52.6%Trump509,190
7.0%
R+12.1
R+4.7
R+14.2
968,718
R
45.5%Obama420,750
52.9%Romney489,534
1.5%
R+7.4
R+9.0
R+11.3
924,530
D
49.9%Obama486,075
48.3%McCain470,533
1.7%
D+1.6
D+17.4
R+5.7
973,332
R
41.6%Kerry388,182
57.4%Bush536,083
1.0%
R+15.8
D+0.6
R+13.4
933,378
R
40.5%Gore324,733
56.9%Bush456,155
2.6%
R+16.4
R+9.2
R+16.9
801,550
R
42.0%Clinton303,821
49.2%Dole355,798
8.8%
R+7.2
±0.0
R+15.7
723,586
R
35.8%Clinton281,119
43.0%Bush337,309
21.2%
R+7.2
D+17.5
R+12.7
784,582
R
37.4%Dukakis249,640
62.0%Bush414,088
0.7%
R+24.6
D+11.9
R+16.9
668,118
R
31.5%Mondale210,640
68.0%Reagan454,865
0.6%
R+36.5
R+14.2
R+18.3
669,349
R
34.2%Carter234,722
56.5%Reagan388,031
9.3%
R+22.3
D+4.6
R+12.6
686,749
R
35.8%Carter224,321
62.7%Ford393,229
1.5%
R+26.9
R+0.8
R+29.0
627,206
R
35.8%McGovern209,865
61.9%Nixon362,829
2.3%
R+26.1
R+7.9
R+2.9
586,157
R
36.3%Humphrey194,480
54.5%Nixon292,320
9.2%
R+18.2
R+33.7
R+17.5
536,331
D
57.6%Johnson294,584
42.2%Goldwater215,612
0.2%
D+15.4
D+41.0
R+7.1
511,294
R
37.0%Kennedy194,125
62.6%Nixon328,013
0.4%
R+25.5
D+8.2
R+25.7
524,056
R
32.9%Stevenson159,089
66.7%Eisenhower322,234
0.4%
R+33.8
R+2.8
R+18.4
483,219
R
34.0%Stevenson151,975
65.0%Eisenhower290,298
1.0%
R+31.0
R+14.2
R+20.2
446,823
R
40.4%Truman134,020
57.1%Dewey189,667
2.5%
R+16.8
D+3.4
R+21.2
331,974
R
39.4%Roosevelt136,619
59.6%Dewey206,329
1.0%
R+20.1
R+5.0
R+27.6
346,324
R
42.1%Roosevelt151,074
57.2%Willkie205,195
0.6%
R+15.1
R+19.0
R+25.0
358,552
D
49.7%Roosevelt156,030
45.8%Landon143,710
4.5%
D+3.9
D+5.1
R+20.3
314,027
R
47.9%Roosevelt145,330
49.0%Hoover148,755
3.2%
R+1.1
D+55.7
R+18.9
303,672
R
21.2%Smith55,470
78.1%Hoover204,021
0.7%
R+56.9
D+2.0
R+39.4
261,196
R
15.4%Davis38,222
74.3%Coolidge184,046
10.3%
R+58.9
R+12.1
R+33.7
247,662
R
24.5%Cox55,679
71.3%Harding161,875
4.2%
R+46.8
R+46.2
R+20.6
227,154
R
47.4%Wilson69,631
48.0%Hughes70,418
4.6%
R+0.5
R+5.2
R+3.7
146,756
O
28.3%Wilson36,561
23.7%Taft30,575
48.0%
Roosevelt +19.7
D+30.3
R+14.9
129,116
R
34.0%Bryan42,884
59.7%Taft75,292
6.4%
R+25.7
D+19.6
R+16.1
126,217
R
24.4%Parker29,813
69.7%Roosevelt85,209
5.9%
R+45.3
R+29.5
R+25.6
122,252
R
40.6%Bryan55,309
56.4%McKinley76,853
3.1%
R+15.8
R+8.3
R+8.3
136,359
R
45.1%Bryan62,886
52.6%McKinley73,382
2.3%
R+7.5
D+2.4
R+1.4
139,541
R
39.2%Cleveland46,720
49.1%Harrison58,578
11.7%
R+9.9
—
R+11.6
119,269
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
Year
Total registered
2016
1,477,601
2018
1,487,431
2020
1,623,419
2022
1,660,189
2024
1,710,522
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,869 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +6,240 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek in Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−7,139
2012
−604
2013
+3,697
2014
+1,793
2015
−1,328
2016
+1,044
2017
+3,257
2018
+2,384
2019
−1,346
2021
−304
2022
−1,635
2023
+2,617
2024
+1,935
2025
+1,869
Anchored by Grand Rapids' mid-size urban core and stretched across a mix of mid-density suburbs and rural townships, this market has delivered some of Michigan's tightest federal margins over the past three election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 58.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.6 points.
A population of 2,115,493, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,864 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Omaha and Indianapolis.
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How did Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan voted Republican by 8.6 points (R+8.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,174,890 votes cast, 527,326 went Democratic and 628,679 went Republican.
When did Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan?
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan has a population of 2,115,493 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan?
Median household income in Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan is $76,864 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
