Kent County, Michigan property search
Search an address or an owner in Kent County, Michigan with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 232,031 lots are mapped here, covering 835,655 acres. 24,611 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Kent County received $14.9 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 226 recipients. 550 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Netherlands. Crop insurance paid $13.7 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 232,031
- Lots mapped
- 835,655
- Acres
- 24,611
- Institutional
Land use in Kent County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Kent County, Michigan| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 401 | 186,094 | 354,284 |
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| 407 | 13,595 | 203,564 |
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| 201 | 12,152 | 50,735 |
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| 402 | 10,539 | 59,058 |
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| 202 | 2,063 | 10,681 |
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| 301 | 1,816 | 11,393 |
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| 102 | 1,752 | 72,005 |
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| 302 | 1,117 | 8,298 |
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| 101 | 1,091 | 59,363 |
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| 207 | 797 | 1,239 |
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| 002 | 730 | 3,295 |
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| 403 | 156 | 330 |
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Largest landowners in Kent County
Largest landowners by acreage in Kent County, Michigan| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| COUNTY OF KENT | 319 | 7,772 |
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| CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS | 410 | 2,186 |
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| SOWERBY FARMS | 15 | 1,132 |
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| CITY OF WYOMING | 187 | 900 |
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| SOWERBY LAND LLC | 16 | 780 |
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| KENT COUNTY ROAD COMM | 132 | 771 |
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| CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY | 68 | 732 |
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| EUGENE HANSEN FARMS LLC | 12 | 642 |
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| CITY OF KENTWOOD | 95 | 624 |
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| HOEKSMA FARMS | 6 | 562 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in Michigan
Federal farm payments in Kent County
- $14.9M
- Paid in 2025
- 226
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Kent County, Michigan, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $8.6M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops | $3.5M |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $2.1M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $574K |
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| CFAPCARES | $60K |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $39K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Kent County
- 550
- Acres disclosed
- 5
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Kent County, Michigan, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Netherlands | 550 |
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USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county
Crop insurance in Kent County
- 351
- Policies
- 56,367
- Insured acres
- $13.7M
- Claims paid
- 0.81
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Kent County, Michigan, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Apples | $12.8M |
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| Soybeans | $396K |
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| Corn | $165K |
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| All Other Crops | $161K |
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| Wheat | $58K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 346
- CRP acres, 2025
- 87
- Substations
- 2
- 345 kV and up
- 345 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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This copy of Kent County's records was taken on August 12, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.