Grand Rapids, Michigan

===Ethnicity===
According to a 2007 American Community Survey, the largest ancestry groups in Grand Rapids reported (not including "American") were those of [[German American|German]] (23.4% of the population), [[Dutch American|Dutch]] (21.2%), [[Irish American|Irish]] (11.4%), [[English American|English]] (10.8%), [[Polish American|Polish]] (6.5%), and [[French American|French]] (4.1%) heritage.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rightplace.org/media/docs/Race,%20Ethnicity,%20Foregin%20Born%20and%20Ancestry.pdf |archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/6DEr1TBAM?url=http://www.rightplace.org/media/docs/Race%2C%20Ethnicity%2C%20Foregin%20Born%20and%20Ancestry.pdf |archive-date = December 28, 2012 |title = West Michigan Race, Ethnicity, Foreign Born, Ancestry |website = The Right Place: Advancing the West Michigan Economy |publisher = The Right Place, Inc. |access-date = September 9, 2012 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

After the [[Fall of Saigon]], Grand Rapids welcomed thousands of Vietnamese refugees. Local nonprofits helped them settle throughout West Michigan. Special attention was paid to Grand Rapids because of President [[Gerald R Ford|Gerald R. Ford's]] Grand Rapids roots.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.grpl.org/repositories/4/resources/247 | title=Collection: West Michigan Vietnamese History Project collection &#124; Grand Rapids History Center | access-date=November 19, 2022 | archive-date=September 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917135842/https://archive.grpl.org/repositories/4/resources/247 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In recent decades, Grand Rapids and its suburban areas have seen their Latino communities grow. Between 2000 and 2010 the Latino population in Grand Rapids grew from 25,818 to 29,261, increasing over 13% in a decade.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Roelofs |first1 = Ted |title = Census shows Hispanics fuel much of the growth in Wyoming and other West Michigan cities |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/03/census_shows_hispanics_fuel_mu.html |access-date = August 21, 2017 |work = MLive |date = March 27, 2001 |archive-date = August 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821045247/http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/03/census_shows_hispanics_fuel_mu.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

Into the 21st century, the African American population of Grand Rapids continually declined.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last = McVicar |first = Brian |date = May 22, 2022 |title = Black population shrinks |pages = A1–A2 |work = [[The Grand Rapids Press]] }}</ref> In 2022, ''The Grand Rapids Press'' reported that the population of African Americans in the city declined 4% over the decade, with the newspaper writing that [[gentrification]], increasing rent, [[urban sprawl]] into the neighboring cities of Kentwood and Wyoming—which experienced increased African American population growth—and [[New Great Migration]] trends contributed to the loss of black residents.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date = May 16, 2022 |title = Gentrification in Grand Rapids neighborhood is hurting diversity, Black resident says |url = https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/05/gentrification-in-grand-rapids-neighborhood-is-hurting-diversity-black-resident-says.html |access-date = May 23, 2022 |website = [[MLive]] |language = en |archive-date = May 23, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220523070952/https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/05/gentrification-in-grand-rapids-neighborhood-is-hurting-diversity-black-resident-says.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The decline of African American residents occurred primarily in the northeast and southeast areas of the city.<ref>{{Cite map |last = Levin |first = Scott |year = 2022 |title = 2010–20: Grand Rapids black population by census tract |url = https://mlive.carto.com/u/levinscott/builder/11ea8033-677f-400a-aad4-39b27417e8d1/embed?state=%7B%22map%22:%7B%22ne%22:%5B42.92085776442088,-85.76511383056642%5D,%22sw%22:%5B43.014563646602035,-85.56461334228516%5D,%22center%22:%5B42.96772854927362,-85.6648635864258%5D,%22zoom%22:13%7D%7D |access-date = May 23, 2022 |website = Carto |language = en }}</ref>