Grand Rapids Area
The Grand Rapids metropolitan area is a triangular shaped Metro Triplex, in West Michigan, which goes westward from the primary hub city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the other two metro hubs of Muskegon and Holland.Photo: Russell Sekeet, CC BY 2.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Grand Rapids and Wyoming.
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids is in West Michigan, in the United States. Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan with a population of just under 200,000 in the city limits, and nearly 570,000 in the surrounding county.
Wyoming
Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 76,501 at the 2020 census. Part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, Wyoming is bordered by Grand Rapids to the northeast and, after Grand Rapids, it is the second most-populous city in West Michigan.Lowell
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Lowell is a city in Kent County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,142 at the 2020 census. Lowell is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is about 15 miles east of the city of Grand Rapids.
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Sparta
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Sparta is a village in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,244 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Sparta Township.
Ada
Ada is a town in West Michigan, east of Grand Rapids. It is best known – and most visited – as the world headquarters of "multi-level marketing" giant Amway.Grand Rapids Area
- Type: Economic region with 990,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area in Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “24340”, “Grand Rapids metropolitan area”, “Grand Rapids-Kentwood MSA”, “Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI”, “Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area”, “Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI MSA”, “Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area”, and “Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area”
- Category: metropolitan statistical area
- Location: West Michigan, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From German to Urdu—“Grand Rapids Area” goes by many names.
- German: “Metropolregion Grand Rapids–Wyoming–Kentwood”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Grand Rapids”
- Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Grand Rapids”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Grand Rapids-Wyoming”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Grand Rapids-Wyoming”
- Urdu: “گرانڈ ریپڈس میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
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