- State:MichiganCounty:Barry CountyZips:49058,49035,48897,49050,49325,49060,49073,49046,49333,49058Coordinates:42.59502852207944, -85.30896810612417Area total:577.04 sq. mi., 1494.53 sq. km, 369307.52 acresArea land:553.10 sq. mi., 1432.51 sq. km, 353980.80 acresArea water:23.95 sq. mi., 62.02 sq. km, 15326.72 acresEstablished:1829Capital seat:
Hastings
Address: 220 W State St
County Courthouse
Hastings, MI 49058-1849
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 7 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Barry County, Michigan, United States
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- Population:62,423; Population change: 5.49% (2010 - 2020)Population density:113 persons per square mileHousehold income:$51,090Households:22,515Unemployment rate:7.40% per 31,350 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%Income taxes:4.35%GDP:$1.50 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Barry County's population of Michigan of 20,928 residents in 1930 has increased 2,98-fold to 62,423 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 49.99% female residents and 50.01% male residents live in as of 2020, 65.68% in Barry County, Michigan are married and the remaining 34.32% are single population.
As of 2020, 65.68% in Barry County, Michigan are married and the remaining 34.32% are single population.
- Housing units:27,351 residential units of which 88.03% share occupied residential units.
29.5 minutes is the average time that residents in Barry County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
83.18% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 10.46% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.07% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 4.41% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Barry County, Michigan 74.44% are owner-occupied homes, another 12.09% are rented apartments, and the remaining 13.46% are vacant.
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The 20.96% of the population in Barry County, Michigan who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 53.650%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 43.910%) of those eligible to vote in Barry County, Michigan.
