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Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 31,956
  equals Births 68,110
  less Deaths 36,154
Net Migration 17,195
  equals net International Migration 9,042
  plus net Domestic Migration 8,153

The population of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA changed from 989,524 on 2010 to 1,038,583 in 2015 -- a change of 49,059 (4.96%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (31,956) exceeded net migration (17,195); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Barry County, MI26015P0000001 59,080 58,970 59,070 59,140 59,239 59,314 234 0.40
Kent County, MI26081P0000001 602,992 608,111 615,025 623,221 630,225 636,369 33,377 5.54
Montcalm County, MI26117P0000001 63,311 63,223 63,103 62,850 62,900 62,945 -366 -0.58
Ottawa County, MI26139P0000001 264,141 266,429 269,616 273,080 276,598 279,955 15,814 5.99
Total P0000001 989,524 996,733 1,006,814 1,018,291 1,028,962 1,038,583 49,059 4.96
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barry County, MI26015B0000001 628 630 640 625 575 583 3,053 
Kent County, MI26081B0000001 8,916 8,657 8,861 8,920 8,939 9,085 44,462 
Montcalm County, MI26117B0000001 856 753 716 712 749 739 3,669 
Ottawa County, MI26139B0000001 3,656 3,291 3,318 3,417 3,391 3,509 16,926 
Total B0000001 14,056 13,331 13,535 13,674 13,654 13,916 68,110 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barry County, MI26015D0000001 388 488 507 557 525 536 2,613 
Kent County, MI26081D0000001 4,212 4,236 4,459 4,359 4,474 4,497 22,025 
Montcalm County, MI26117D0000001 596 596 541 642 559 572 2,910 
Ottawa County, MI26139D0000001 1,732 1,663 1,655 1,783 1,742 1,763 8,606 
Total D0000001 6,928 6,983 7,162 7,341 7,300 7,368 36,154 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barry County, MI26015NC000001 240 142 133 68 50 47 440 
Kent County, MI26081NC000001 4,704 4,421 4,402 4,561 4,465 4,588 22,437 
Montcalm County, MI26117NC000001 260 157 175 70 190 167 759 
Ottawa County, MI26139NC000001 1,924 1,628 1,663 1,634 1,649 1,746 8,320 
Total NC000001 7,128 6,348 6,373 6,333 6,354 6,548 31,956 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barry County, MI26015MI000001 4 10 14 14 15 15 68 
Kent County, MI26081MI000001 796 1,022 1,179 1,272 1,449 1,446 6,368 
Montcalm County, MI26117MI000001 32 25 24 27 30 29 135 
Ottawa County, MI26139MI000001 364 433 436 485 560 557 2,471 
Total MI000001 1,196 1,490 1,653 1,798 2,054 2,047 9,042 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barry County, MI26015MD000001 -636 -281 -50 -22 75 9 -269 
Kent County, MI26081MD000001 -4,208 -87 1,348 2,081 1,234 129 4,705 
Montcalm County, MI26117MD000001 -408 -239 -322 -402 -123 -129 -1,215 
Ottawa County, MI26139MD000001 -952 367 1,123 1,246 1,298 898 4,932 
Total MD000001 -6,204 -240 2,099 2,903 2,484 907 8,153 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Barry County, MI26015MN000001 -632 -271 -36 -8 90 24 -201 
Kent County, MI26081MN000001 -3,412 935 2,527 3,353 2,683 1,575 11,073 
Montcalm County, MI26117MN000001 -376 -214 -298 -375 -93 -100 -1,080 
Ottawa County, MI26139MN000001 -588 800 1,559 1,731 1,858 1,455 7,403 
Total MN000001 -5,008 1,250 3,752 4,701 4,538 2,954 17,195 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Barry County, MI26015GQ000001 605 605 606 608 612 612 7 1.16
Kent County, MI26081GQ000001 11,349 11,349 11,397 11,561 11,561 11,534 185 1.63
Montcalm County, MI26117GQ000001 3,163 3,163 3,163 2,923 2,943 2,839 -324 -10.24
Ottawa County, MI26139GQ000001 8,260 8,258 8,262 8,262 8,258 8,260 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 23,377 23,375 23,428 23,354 23,374 23,245 -132 -0.56

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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