Kent County, MI [26081] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI metropolitan area [24340] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	602,912	608,174	615,122	623,457	630,413	636,508	642,909	648,594	45,682
Births	...	8,660	8,861	8,920	8,847	8,873	8,814	8,839	8,831
Deaths	...	4,233	4,459	4,359	4,492	4,745	4,688	4,668	4,521
Natural Increase	...	4,427	4,402	4,561	4,355	4,128	4,126	4,171	4,310
Net Migration	...	926	2,610	3,784	2,666	2,043	2,278	1,540	2,264
International	...	991	1,242	1,437	1,532	1,674	1,719	1,715	1,473
Domestic	...	-65	1,368	2,347	1,134	369	559	-175	791

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	602,912	608,174	615,122	623,457	630,413	636,508	642,909	648,594	45,682
Male	295,278	298,203	302,011	306,528	310,069	313,134	316,738	319,815	24,537
Female	307,634	309,971	313,111	316,929	320,344	323,374	326,171	328,779	21,145
Group Quarters	...	11,348	11,401	11,564	11,562	11,541	11,597	11,526	177

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	602,912	608,174	615,122	623,457	630,413	636,508	642,909	648,594	45,682
White alone	506,393	509,921	514,658	520,171	524,362	528,037	532,138	535,197	28,804
Black alone	61,641	62,265	63,351	64,741	65,820	66,622	67,438	68,155	6,514
AIAN alone	4,404	4,387	4,435	4,433	4,546	4,706	4,818	5,012	608
Asian alone	14,492	15,083	15,754	16,706	17,765	18,695	19,504	20,572	6,080
NHOPI alone	493	508	504	492	500	501	513	532	39
Two+ Races	15,489	16,010	16,420	16,914	17,420	17,947	18,498	19,126	3,637
Hispanic (any race)	58,502	59,621	61,050	62,515	63,750	65,358	67,066	68,482	9,980

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	648,594	535,197	68,155	5,012	20,572	532	19,126	68,482
Age 0-4	44,252	33,887	5,782	431	1,356	55	2,741	7,322
Age 5-9	43,428	32,724	6,013	361	1,341	40	2,949	7,702
Age 10-14	44,028	33,513	5,662	494	1,569	30	2,760	7,863
Age 15-19	43,144	32,943	5,781	472	1,580	59	2,309	6,800
Age 20-24	45,106	35,163	5,928	439	1,691	36	1,849	6,118
Age 25-29	54,025	43,859	6,228	386	1,894	48	1,610	5,389
Age 30-34	47,527	39,497	4,608	381	1,943	34	1,064	4,881
Age 35-39	43,234	35,786	4,454	434	1,615	30	915	4,854
Age 40-44	37,128	30,334	3,912	388	1,767	51	676	4,434
Age 45-49	39,468	33,067	3,969	318	1,567	37	510	3,727
Age 50-54	40,738	34,956	3,904	261	1,102	21	494	2,848
Age 55-59	42,452	37,327	3,613	224	830	32	426	2,181
Age 60-64	38,182	33,948	3,024	170	693	26	321	1,548
Age 65-69	29,612	26,562	2,051	108	663	12	216	1,134
Age 70-74	20,461	18,503	1,339	64	424	7	124	735
Age 75-79	14,026	12,789	859	34	268	5	71	441
Age 80-84	9,832	9,030	550	32	152	5	63	233
Age 85 up	11,951	11,309	478	15	117	4	28	272

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	8,646	8,627	8,823	8,914	8,846	8,857	8,805	8,837	191
Age 0101	8,611	8,716	8,729	8,864	8,877	8,916	8,934	8,865	254
Age 0202	8,873	8,630	8,756	8,734	8,823	8,786	8,916	8,902	29
Age 0303	8,961	8,951	8,644	8,803	8,718	8,791	8,760	8,895	-66
Age 0404	8,815	8,990	8,954	8,694	8,715	8,708	8,775	8,753	-62
Age 0505	8,817	8,815	9,026	8,924	8,672	8,610	8,670	8,771	-46
Age 0606	8,727	8,814	8,842	9,011	8,981	8,663	8,543	8,605	-122
Age 0707	8,533	8,706	8,841	8,854	8,996	8,936	8,715	8,561	28
Age 0808	8,546	8,538	8,778	8,858	8,895	9,028	8,893	8,637	91
Age 0909	8,748	8,490	8,549	8,838	8,874	8,939	9,053	8,854	106
Age 1010	8,977	8,741	8,527	8,578	8,831	8,908	8,941	8,986	9
Age 1111	8,748	8,934	8,746	8,559	8,566	8,838	8,826	8,879	131
Age 1212	8,715	8,704	8,950	8,762	8,557	8,562	8,852	8,800	85
Age 1313	8,674	8,685	8,718	8,960	8,778	8,575	8,572	8,830	156
Age 1414	8,743	8,610	8,714	8,738	8,996	8,756	8,572	8,533	-210
Age 1515	8,751	8,745	8,620	8,727	8,731	8,980	8,763	8,583	-168
Age 1616	8,891	8,747	8,805	8,703	8,795	8,804	9,069	8,813	-78
Age 1717	9,053	8,902	8,828	8,830	8,769	8,841	8,877	9,107	54
Age 1818	8,891	8,736	8,647	8,568	8,497	8,440	8,533	8,534	-357
Age 1919	8,739	8,479	8,326	8,294	8,174	8,113	8,089	8,107	-632
Age 2020	8,878	8,582	8,358	8,318	8,229	8,078	8,066	8,000	-878
Age 2121	8,907	8,829	8,643	8,434	8,353	8,347	8,215	8,146	-761
Age 2222	9,348	9,403	9,397	9,262	9,079	8,953	9,017	8,925	-423
Age 2323	9,247	9,730	9,959	10,009	9,969	9,731	9,717	9,735	488
Age 2424	9,209	9,429	10,078	10,386	10,468	10,615	10,282	10,300	1,091
Age 2525	9,237	9,296	9,348	10,290	10,609	10,734	10,913	10,636	1,399
Age 2626	8,708	9,396	9,449	9,533	10,411	10,634	10,935	11,232	2,524
Age 2727	8,819	8,873	9,472	9,610	9,663	10,389	10,758	10,973	2,154
Age 2828	8,786	8,871	8,927	9,521	9,609	9,734	10,461	10,752	1,966
Age 2929	8,711	8,831	8,942	9,089	9,601	9,607	9,822	10,432	1,721
Age 3030	8,840	8,686	8,875	8,986	9,072	9,634	9,624	9,739	899
Age 3131	8,220	8,869	8,730	8,991	9,074	9,158	9,675	9,679	1,459
Age 3232	7,780	8,201	8,920	8,810	9,095	9,119	9,144	9,709	1,929
Age 3333	7,866	7,796	8,325	8,997	8,794	9,083	9,193	9,200	1,334
Age 3434	7,418	7,816	7,712	8,323	8,968	8,849	9,098	9,200	1,782
Age 3535	7,448	7,429	7,896	7,749	8,423	8,980	8,845	9,098	1,650
Age 3636	7,090	7,390	7,468	7,874	7,765	8,445	8,994	8,813	1,723
Age 3737	7,167	7,093	7,456	7,503	7,924	7,845	8,438	9,068	1,901
Age 3838	7,498	7,147	7,139	7,490	7,508	7,896	7,820	8,439	941
Age 3939	8,064	7,479	7,151	7,159	7,441	7,461	7,817	7,816	-248
Age 4040	8,334	8,122	7,510	7,214	7,156	7,448	7,471	7,833	-501
Age 4141	7,901	8,308	8,133	7,556	7,241	7,189	7,468	7,471	-430
Age 4242	7,657	7,910	8,286	8,127	7,578	7,245	7,217	7,460	-197
Age 4343	7,722	7,655	7,964	8,342	8,082	7,578	7,246	7,177	-545
Age 4444	7,919	7,702	7,641	7,986	8,376	8,087	7,547	7,187	-732
Age 4545	8,294	7,916	7,657	7,705	8,000	8,363	8,095	7,506	-788
Age 4646	8,770	8,290	7,908	7,697	7,745	7,985	8,335	8,031	-739
Age 4747	8,756	8,786	8,309	7,954	7,691	7,740	7,947	8,320	-436
Age 4848	8,895	8,755	8,779	8,257	7,955	7,654	7,728	7,908	-987
Age 4949	8,862	8,868	8,745	8,744	8,291	7,926	7,639	7,703	-1,159
Age 5050	8,890	8,827	8,851	8,702	8,723	8,246	7,860	7,561	-1,329
Age 5151	8,660	8,874	8,850	8,878	8,773	8,713	8,233	7,830	-830
Age 5252	8,755	8,618	8,855	8,799	8,856	8,697	8,649	8,183	-572
Age 5353	8,729	8,708	8,561	8,835	8,742	8,792	8,638	8,577	-152
Age 5454	8,199	8,680	8,704	8,561	8,745	8,690	8,720	8,587	388
Age 5555	8,096	8,180	8,629	8,660	8,459	8,682	8,644	8,676	580
Age 5656	7,877	8,069	8,143	8,611	8,582	8,414	8,637	8,569	692
Age 5757	7,535	7,841	7,990	8,130	8,596	8,507	8,381	8,564	1,029
Age 5858	7,190	7,500	7,753	7,951	8,096	8,509	8,427	8,327	1,137
Age 5959	6,808	7,104	7,413	7,737	7,920	8,032	8,369	8,316	1,508
Age 6060	6,426	6,720	7,097	7,355	7,662	7,863	7,928	8,312	1,886
Age 6161	6,136	6,370	6,662	7,018	7,332	7,596	7,778	7,828	1,692
Age 6262	5,937	6,082	6,321	6,637	6,946	7,259	7,484	7,644	1,707
Age 6363	6,112	5,816	6,003	6,226	6,521	6,828	7,140	7,377	1,265
Age 6464	4,349	6,038	5,720	5,942	6,170	6,403	6,690	7,021	2,672
Age 6565	4,233	4,290	5,927	5,647	5,862	6,065	6,308	6,573	2,340
Age 6666	4,140	4,196	4,226	5,870	5,595	5,816	6,010	6,243	2,103
Age 6767	4,318	4,062	4,115	4,189	5,777	5,495	5,694	5,909	1,591
Age 6868	3,825	4,259	4,000	4,059	4,107	5,659	5,398	5,598	1,773
Age 6969	3,366	3,738	4,149	3,914	3,948	4,002	5,555	5,289	1,923
Age 7070	3,104	3,317	3,708	4,082	3,853	3,891	3,927	5,439	2,335
Age 7171	3,059	3,023	3,237	3,603	4,002	3,802	3,817	3,859	800
Age 7272	2,948	3,022	2,977	3,184	3,532	3,933	3,729	3,734	786
Age 7373	2,697	2,900	2,935	2,952	3,128	3,468	3,868	3,663	966
Age 7474	2,644	2,633	2,843	2,860	2,887	3,027	3,386	3,766	1,122
Age 7575	2,551	2,606	2,595	2,790	2,802	2,816	2,971	3,322	771
Age 7676	2,320	2,477	2,533	2,493	2,731	2,730	2,731	2,883	563
Age 7777	2,367	2,287	2,443	2,491	2,446	2,682	2,692	2,677	310
Age 7878	2,381	2,297	2,244	2,385	2,436	2,370	2,613	2,624	243
Age 7979	2,388	2,314	2,212	2,171	2,305	2,340	2,284	2,520	132
Age 8080	2,262	2,306	2,194	2,123	2,058	2,194	2,240	2,185	-77
Age 8181	2,103	2,160	2,188	2,104	2,039	1,984	2,105	2,145	42
Age 8282	2,138	2,029	2,061	2,100	2,003	1,935	1,911	2,009	-129
Age 8383	1,966	1,974	1,909	1,946	1,977	1,881	1,803	1,793	-173
Age 8484	1,842	1,827	1,841	1,814	1,842	1,837	1,758	1,700	-142
Age 8585	10,751	11,012	11,233	11,509	11,699	11,792	11,846	11,951	1,200
Age 0517	113,923	113,431	113,944	114,342	114,441	114,440	114,346	113,959	36