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Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area is made up of 5 counties in Michigan: Kent, Ottawa, Montcalm, Ionia, and Barry, largest first. About 1,183,645 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.9% more than in April 2020.

Barry County, outlyingIonia County, outlyingKent County, centralMontcalm County, outlyingOttawa County, outlyingGrand RapidsWyomingKentwood
Central Outlying 5 counties in Michigan
Population, July 2025
1,183,645 2.9% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
5: 1 central, 4 outlying
Land area
3,243 sq mi (8,399 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Michigan
Combined statistical area
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
CBSA code
24340
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Counties in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Kent CountyCentral675,23257.0%
Ottawa CountyOutlying308,45926.1%
Montcalm CountyOutlying69,4065.9%
Ionia CountyOutlying66,5575.6%
Barry CountyOutlying63,9915.4%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Grand Rapids198,535 people
  2. Wyoming77,353 people
  3. Kentwood54,296 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area177,901 people
  2. Holland, MI Micro Area123,188 people
  3. Big Rapids, MI Micro Area42,320 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Holland, MI Micro Area26 mi southwest
  2. Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area35 mi northwest
  3. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area48 mi south
  4. Battle Creek, MI Metro Area51 mi southeast
  5. Big Rapids, MI Micro Area52 mi north
  6. Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area58 mi east
  7. Alma, MI Micro Area58 mi northeast
  8. Mount Pleasant, MI Micro Area62 mi northeast
  9. Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI Metro Area111 mi west
  10. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area117 mi west

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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