City profile · Mid-size City
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Grand Rapids, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- David LaGrand
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 198,917
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcegrandrapidsmi.gov/government/city-commission/commissioners ↗
- Official leadership pagegrandrapidsmi.gov/government/city-commission/commissioners ↗
- City websitegrandrapidsmi.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- David LaGrand CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 198,917
- Median household income
- $61,634
- Median age
- 31.8
- Land area
- 44.78 sq mi
- Population density
- 4,442.1 per sq mi
- County
- Kent County
- Metro area
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
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