PEOPLE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Greater Grand Rapids hosts a population with increasingly higher levels of educational attainment. Since 2014, Greater Grand Rapids has added approximately 45,600 more bachelor degree holders and 27,700 new graduate degree or higher holders.
YOUTH POPULATION Greater Grand Rapids’ concentration of young people under 19 years old continues to outpace both state and national levels. Youth populations are decreasing across the country as birth rates decline. The concentration of 19- year-olds decreased 0.3% from 2023 to 2024 and 2.3% during the past decade.
Since 2019 the population of 25–34-year-olds with a bachelor’s degree or higher has risen by 19.7% in Greater Grand Rapids, compared to 9% across the state. Source: Michigan Future, Inc.
GREATER GRAND RAPIDS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
POPULATION UNDER 19 YEARS OLD
2014
2024
Graduate Degree & Higher
Greater Grand Rapids
Michigan
United States
30%
29%
Bachelor’s Degree
28%
Associate’s Degree
27%
26%
Some College
25%
24%
High School Diploma
23%
9th Grade to 12th Grade
22%
21%
Less than 9th Grade
20%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
2015 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Source: Lightcast
Source: Lightcast
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