Grand Rapids, MI
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None of the households in Grand Rapids, MI reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Grand Rapids, MI drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 19.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Grand Rapids, MI was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Grand Rapids, MI employs 104k people. The largest industries in Grand Rapids, MI are Manufacturing (17,494 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (17,066 people), and Retail Trade (10,906 people), and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($100,227), Utilities ($70,840), and Public Administration ($62,526).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Grand Rapids, MI, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (11,020 people), Management Occupations (9,446 people), and Production Occupations (9,311 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Grand Rapids, MI.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Michigan (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Grand Rapids, MI, are Manufacturing (17,494 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (17,066 people), and Retail Trade (10,906 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Grand Rapids, MI, though some of these residents may live in Grand Rapids, MI and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Public Administration ($67,692), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($57,927), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($57,681).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Public Administration ($56,404), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($55,566), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($42,252).
As of February 2023, there are 4.37M people employed in Michigan. This represents a 2.16% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 23.6%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Michigan.
In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Michigan went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 50.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (47.8%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.09%).
Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters are the senators currently representing the state of Michigan. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Michigan is currently represented by 13 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Michigan went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 50.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (47.8%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.09%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Michigan for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.
Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters are the senators currently representing Michigan.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Michigan over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Michigan is currently represented by 13 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Michigan have changed over time starting in 2008.
In 2022, universities in Grand Rapids, MI awarded 3,473 degrees. The student population of Grand Rapids, MI in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 8,114 male students and 10,255 female students.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
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This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Grand Rapids, MI have an average commute time of 19.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Grand Rapids, MI is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
The following map shows all of the places in Grand Rapids, MI colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Grand Rapids, MI distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
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This chart shows the number of workers in Grand Rapids, MI across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2022, 70.7% of workers in Grand Rapids, MI drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (10.7%) and those who carpooled to work (9.33%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Grand Rapids, MI have a shorter commute time (19.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 0.729% of the workforce in Grand Rapids, MI have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Grand Rapids, MI compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Grand Rapids, MI distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Grand Rapids, MI have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Grand Rapids, MI (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Grand Rapids, MI is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Grand Rapids, MI has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Grand Rapids, MI changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
