64,025 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.3% since 2020)
553 square miles of land · 116 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
17 active community water systems list Barry County in the area they serve, reporting 16,539 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HASTINGS groundwater · local government · MI0003090 | 7,514 served |
| MIDDLEVILLE groundwater · local government · MI0004360 | 3,309 served |
| NASHVILLE groundwater · local government · MI0004620 | 1,628 served |
| YANKEE SPRINGS MEADOWS groundwater · private · MI0040585 | 710 served |
| YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP groundwater · local government · MI0007231 | 660 served |
| THORNAPPLE LAKE ESTATES groundwater · private · MI0040047 | 538 served |
| FREEPORT groundwater · local government · MI0002480 | 483 served |
| MCTI groundwater · state · MI0006375 | 460 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 78 people were held in Barry County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 198 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 78.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
4 school districts have their office in Barry County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $58 million — $42.9 million to run schools, about $13,578 per student, plus $10.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19 million local (mostly property tax), $35.7 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $89.9 million.
Spent $38.8 million — $33.8 million to run schools, about $13,253 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.3 million local (mostly property tax), $26.6 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $40.5 million.
Spent $23.6 million — $21.9 million to run schools, about $13,221 per student, plus $569,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $17.6 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.2 million.
Spent $23.9 million — $15.4 million to run schools, about $14,211 per student, plus $7.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.6 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $23.4 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Barry County about $17.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
69 bridges in Barry County: 19 in good condition, 35 fair, and 15 poor (21.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| PARMALEE ROAD over THORNAPPLE RIVER · built 1968 | 1,147 vehicles a day |
| BARGER ROAD over MUD CREEK · built 1963 | 746 vehicles a day |
| CLOVERDALE ROAD over HIGH BANK CREEK · built 1900 | 197 vehicles a day |
| JORDAN ROAD over LITTLE THORNAPPLE RIVER · built 1972 | 100 vehicles a day |
| COBURN ROAD over CEDAR CREEK · built 1970 | 100 vehicles a day |
| MCGLYNN ROAD over CEDAR CREEK · built 1970 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.4 million of work in Barry County in fiscal 2025, about $87 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Michigan are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Barry County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Barry County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Eaton County (24 mi) · Kalamazoo County (26 mi) · Ionia County (28 mi) · Calhoun County (28 mi) · Kent County (33 mi) · Clinton County (45 mi).