Allegan County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 102,766 84.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,856 8.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,439 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 806 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,679 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 216 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 666 0.5%

• Under 18 28,212 23.2%
• 18–24 9,147 7.5%
• 25–44 29,828 24.6%
• 45–64 31,891 26.3%
• 65 and over 22,378 18.4%

Median household income

$85,080

90% interval $82,064–$88,096

+$12,744 vs MI · 7th of 83

Below poverty line

8.2%

90% interval 6.6%–9.8%

−5.2 pp vs MI · 79th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.88 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.7B

0.95% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,066

Establishments

2,787

• Manufacturing 15,284 35.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,629 15.2%
• Education & health services 5,985 13.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,800 8.7%
• Construction 3,135 7.2%
• Natural resources & mining 1,788 4.1%
• Professional & business services 1,700 3.9%
• Public administration 1,469 3.4%
• Other services 1,167 2.7%
• Financial activities 760 1.7%
• Information 261 0.6%
• Unclassified 124 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 96.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

87.4%

+14.2 pp vs MI · 8th of 83

Median gross rent

$1,100

−$29 vs MI · 11th of 83

Owner-occupied

39,772

Renter-occupied

5,750

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $82,817/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,709/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 45,206 62.9%
• Democratic 25,637 35.7%
• Other / third-party 1,047 1.5%

• Spanish 6,047 5.3%
• German or other West Germanic 484 0.4%
• Arabic 192 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 147 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 105 0.1%
• Tagalog 59 0.1%
• Chinese 48 0.0%
• Vietnamese 32 0.0%
• Korean 26 0.0%

Households

45,522

Family households

33,119

72.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,595

29.0% of families

Single-mother families

2,200

6.6% of families

Veterans

4,920

5.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 20,991 17.4%
• Catholic 11,432 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 8,937 7.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,272 1.9%
• Black Protestant 150 0.1%
• Orthodox 140 0.1%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.6 pp

53rd of 83

With a disability

11.6%

±0.7 pp

77th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

27.1%

±1.1 pp

−5.3 pp vs MI · 24th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.4%

90% interval 5.8%–7.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

48th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) and Probate Court judges separate. Vintage 2026 courts.michigan.gov / Wikipedia 'Michigan Circuit Courts' table; cross-checked against MCL § 600.508.)

Court seats

Allegan

Traffic fatalities

21

22.52 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

18