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Barry County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 32 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26015

Within Michigan
Barry County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Hastings, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
63,991
+1,392 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area
553.1
square miles. A further 4.1% of the total area is water
Population density
116
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hastings
Seat of county government.
Established
1829
196 years ago
Largest city
Hastings city
Population 7,490.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Barry County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Barry County, Michigan from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 796 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Barry County ranks

Position among the 83 counties of Michigan, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MichiganNationally
Population63,99132nd of 83855th of 3,144
Land area553.1 sq mi58th of 831,886th of 3,144
Population density116 per sq mi29th of 83819th of 3,144
Median household income$77,50014th of 83696th of 3,143

Full data for Barry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population63,991Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202062,599Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?62,428Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area553.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area23.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area577 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?116 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$77,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$264,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,480American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units27,780American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-51
555 births, 606 deaths
Net migration
+31
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Barry County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Eaton CountyMichigan24 mi109,581
Allegan CountyMichigan24 mi123,188
Kalamazoo CountyMichigan12 mi263,795
Kent CountyMichigan12 mi675,232
Ionia CountyMichigan12 mi66,557
Calhoun CountyMichigan12 mi133,408

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 83 counties of Michigan

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.