diff --git a/xrspatial/balanced_allocation.py b/xrspatial/balanced_allocation.py
index 101c45a1..4bf013bb 100644
--- a/xrspatial/balanced_allocation.py
+++ b/xrspatial/balanced_allocation.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def _allocate_from_costs(cost_stack, source_ids, fill_value=np.nan):
     else:
         all_nan = np.all(np.isnan(np.stack(cost_stack, axis=0)), axis=0)
 
-    alloc = alloc.astype(np.float32)
+    alloc = alloc.astype(np.float64)
     alloc[all_nan] = fill_value
 
     return alloc
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def _allocate_biased(cost_stack, biases, source_ids, fill_value=np.nan):
         stacked = np.stack(layers, axis=0)
         best_idx = np.argmin(stacked, axis=0)
 
-    alloc = source_ids[best_idx].astype(np.float32)
+    alloc = source_ids[best_idx].astype(np.float64)
 
     # Mark unreachable cells
     if da is not None and isinstance(first, da.Array):
diff --git a/xrspatial/tests/test_balanced_allocation.py b/xrspatial/tests/test_balanced_allocation.py
index 91839723..214a8c6d 100644
--- a/xrspatial/tests/test_balanced_allocation.py
+++ b/xrspatial/tests/test_balanced_allocation.py
@@ -270,6 +270,45 @@ def test_target_values():
     assert {1.0, 2.0} == unique
 
 
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Non-integer source IDs (regression test for #1203)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_non_integer_source_ids():
+    """Non-integer source IDs should still produce balanced territories.
+
+    Before the fix, _allocate_biased cast the allocation array to float32.
+    The iteration loop then compared float32 values against float64 source
+    IDs.  For non-integer IDs the round-trip float64->float32->float64
+    changes the value, so `alloc == sid` never matched, all weights were 0,
+    and the loop exited immediately without balancing.
+    """
+    h, w = 12, 12
+    data = np.zeros((h, w), dtype=np.float64)
+    data[2, 6] = 0.1
+    data[9, 2] = 0.3
+    data[9, 10] = 0.7
+
+    raster = _make_raster(data, chunks=(12, 12))
+    friction = _make_raster(np.ones((h, w)), chunks=(12, 12))
+
+    result = balanced_allocation(raster, friction, tolerance=0.15)
+    out = _compute(result)
+
+    # All three source IDs should be present
+    unique = set(np.unique(out[np.isfinite(out)]).astype(np.float32))
+    assert len(unique) == 3
+
+    # Each territory should have at least 20% of cells (target is ~33%)
+    total = np.sum(np.isfinite(out))
+    for sid_f32 in unique:
+        frac = np.sum(out == sid_f32) / total
+        assert frac > 0.20, (
+            f"Source {sid_f32} only got {frac:.1%} of cells; "
+            f"balancing probably did not run"
+        )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(da is None, reason="dask not installed")
 def test_balanced_allocation_memory_guard():
     """Memory guard should raise before computing N cost surfaces."""