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Kent County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 4 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26081

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

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Population
675,232
+16,724 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
849.5
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
795
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Grand Rapids
Seat of county government.
Established
1831
194 years ago
Largest city
Grand Rapids city
Population 201,183.

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 Kent 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 Kent 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 563 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 Kent 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
Population675,2324th of 83103rd of 3,144
Land area849.5 sq mi16th of 83982nd of 3,144
Population density795 per sq mi4th of 83195th of 3,144
Median household income$82,6318th of 83491st of 3,143

Full data for Kent County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population675,232Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020658,508Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?657,965Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area849.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area22.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area871.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?795 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$82,631American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$289,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households256,648American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units269,136American 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
+2,608
7,829 births, 5,221 deaths
Net migration
+2,160
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 7 areas bordering Kent 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
Ottawa CountyMichigan30 mi308,459
Montcalm CountyMichigan25 mi69,406
Ionia CountyMichigan24 mi66,557
Allegan CountyMichigan12 mi123,188
Barry CountyMichigan12 mi63,991
Newaygo CountyMichigan11 mi51,622
Muskegon CountyMichigan6.1 mi177,901

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.