People QuickFacts	Grand Rapids	Michigan
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	193,083	10,095,643
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-2.4%	1.6%
  	Population, 2000    	197,800	9,938,444
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	8.3%	6.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	27.0%	26.1%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	11.6%	12.3%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.1%	51.0% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	67.3%	80.2%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	20.4%	14.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.7%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.6%	1.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.2%	1.9%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	13.1%	3.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	49.1%	57.3%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	10.5%	5.3%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	16.1%	8.4%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	78.0%	83.4%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	23.8%	21.8%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	19.2	24.1 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	77,960	4,234,279
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	59.7%	73.8%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$91,400	$115,600 			
  	Households, 2000    	73,217	3,785,661
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.57	2.56
  	Median household income, 1999    	$37,224	$44,667
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$17,661	$22,168
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	15.7%	10.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Grand Rapids	Michigan
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	4,895,270	165,958,945
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,947,343	109,350,139
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$9,908	$10,892
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	284,099	12,248,269
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	13,786	735,531
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	8.3%	6.0%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.5%	2.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.3%	1.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	23.7%	29.6% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Grand Rapids	Michigan
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	44	56,803
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	4,431.0	175.0
  	FIPS Code    	34000	26
 	Counties    	Kent County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts