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‘Allegan County’ is a county that is situated in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is primarily an agricultural country that is moving towards becoming an urbanized place very soon. This is because of the fact that the people of Grand Rapids as well as Kalamazoo are expanding into Allegan Country at a very fast pace.

A small part of the city of Holland falls in the northwest portion of Allegan. Also a small part of the city of South Haven extends into Allegan County as well.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, “the county has a total area of 1,833square miles (4,748km²), of which, 827 square miles (2,143 km²) of it is land and 1,006square miles (2,605km²) of it (54.86%) is water.”

According to the census that was held in the year 2000, “There were 105,665 people, 38,165 households, and 28,394 families residing in the county. The population density was 128 people per square mile (49/km²). There were 43,292 housing units at an average density of 52 per square mile (20/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 93.47% White, 1.31% Black or African American, 0.55% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.77% from other races, and 1.32% from two or more races. 5.72% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. 25.6% were of Dutch, 17.8% German, 9.6% American, 8.4% English and 7.2% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. 93.6% spoke English and 5.2% Spanish as their first language.

There were 38,165 households out of which 37.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.40% were married couples living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.60% were non-families. 20.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.15.”

Allegan Sports complex is one of the famous arenas of the country.