2022 population: 261,173 ( 65,416 from 2010 , 490 from 2020)
Land area: 562.0 square miles
Population density: 464.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	198,859	76.14%	24.4%
Black:	29,663	11.36%	0.1%
Indian:	934	0.36%	35.7%
Asian:	7,534	2.88%	35.2%
2+ races:	9,140	3.50%	5.8%
Hispanic:	15,043	5.76%	15.1%

Total non-White:	62,314	23.86%	1.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,256	12.0
Deaths:	5,753	11.0
Net Migration:	-1,990	-3.8
Net Immigration:	969	1.9

Change in White population:	-64,216	-19.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	-1,200	-0.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
326,589
263,075	80.55%
29,684	9.09%
1,453	0.44%
5,574	1.71%
8,642	2.65%
17,717	5.42%
63,514	19.45%

2000
314,866
263,646	83.73%
26,907	8.55%
1,543	0.49%
4,645	1.48%
5,617	1.78%
11,945	3.79%
51,220	16.27%

1990
293,471
257,999	87.91%
24,280	8.27%
1,449	0.49%
3,802	1.30%
n/a
5,941	2.02%
35,472	12.09%

1980
279,192
251,310	90.01%
20,712	7.42%
1,324	0.47%
1,673	0.60%
n/a
3,908	1.40%
27,882	9.99%

1970
257,723
240,267	93.23%
13,927	5.40%
456	0.18%
421	0.16%
n/a
1,984	0.77%
17,456	6.77%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
38,988	12.4
24,089	7.7
-5,970	-1.9
4,953	1.6

-571	-0.2
12,294	3.9

Number	Rate
1990's
42,768	14.6
23,880	8.1
-6,726	-2.3
2,017	0.7

5,647	1.9
15,748	5.4

Number	Rate
1980's
43,374	15.5
21,820	7.8
-6,398	-2.3
n/a

6,689	2.4
7,590	2.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-2,722	-1.1
n/a

11,043	4.3
10,426	4.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
34.6
55,928	21.4%
205,245	78.6%
40,516	15.5%

105,797
2.40

62,628	59.2%
47,034	75.1%
7,045	11.2%
43,169	40.8%

2010
Number	Percent
35.4
76,334	23.4%
250,255	76.6%
41,303	12.6%

129,538
2.45

80,734	62.3%
59,513	73.7%
9,389	11.6%
48,804	37.7%

2000
Number	Percent
33.8
78,723	25.0%
236,143	75.0%
36,423	11.6%

121,533
2.48

78,629	64.7%
61,260	77.9%
8,572	10.9%
42,904	35.3%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
74,972	25.5%
218,499	74.5%
32,478	11.1%

109,488
2.58

75,355	68.8%
60,320	80.0%
7,922	10.5%
34,133	31.2%

1980
Number	Percent
28.3
77,828	27.9%
201,364	72.1%
27,056	9.7%

98,390
2.72

70,418	71.6%
59,272	84.2%
6,605	9.4%
27,972	28.4%

2022 Housing Data for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	5,531	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,036	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,688	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,144	3.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,052	4.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,117	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,337	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,859	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,348	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,746	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	11,007	10.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	13,063	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	10,160	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,136	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,365	7.9%
$200,000 or more	8,208	7.8%

Median Household Income	67,905
Per Capita Income	37,852

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	5,138	4.9%
Public Assistance	2,182	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	11,691	11.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	118,743	73.3%
Unemployed	8,095	5.0%
In Armed Forces	226	0.1%

Total Labor Force	127,064	78.5%
Not in Labor Force	34,848	21.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	50,770	40,565	55.6%
Non-Profit	5,372	10,171	34.6%
Self-Employed	5,298	4,365	54.8%

Local Government	3,248	5,066	39.1%
State Government	2,001	2,660	42.9%
Federal Government	1,067	774	58.0%

Total Private + Self	56,068	44,930	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	11,688	18,671	38.5%
Total	67,756	63,601	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	11.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	21,548	16.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	25,043	19.0%
Professional, Technical	34,086	25.9%
Service Occupations	23,929	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	868	0.7%
All others	26,923	20.5%

White Collar		61.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	22,939	17.4%
Health care and social assistance	20,188	15.3%
Educational services	14,280	10.9%
Retail trade	13,851	10.5%
Accommodation and food services	11,084	8.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,911	5.3%
Other services	6,549	5.0%
Finance and insurance	6,369	4.8%
Construction	6,075	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,422	3.4%
Transportation and warehousing	3,700	2.8%
Public administration	3,420	2.6%
Wholesale trade	2,867	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,766	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,511	1.9%
Information	1,394	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,270	1.0%
Utilities	725	0.6%
Management	143	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	65	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8,196	3.14%
Puerto Rican	779	0.30%
Cuban	820	0.31%
Dominican	335	0.13%

Total Central American	1,360	0.52%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	1,029	0.39%
Honduran	147	0.06%
Nicaraguan	52	0.02%
Panamanian	132	0.05%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	901	0.34%
Argentinean	164	0.06%
Bolivian	28	0.01%
Chilean	24	0.01%
Colombian	244	0.09%
Ecuadorian	113	0.04%
Paraguayan	7	0.00%
Peruvian	80	0.03%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	241	0.09%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,852	0.71%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,502	0.96%
Chinese	836	0.32%
Korean	789	0.30%
Filipino	756	0.29%
Vietnamese	340	0.13%
Japanese	199	0.08%
Burmese	108	0.04%
Indonesian	104	0.04%
Cambodian	89	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	228,588	92.7%
Spanish	6,317	2.6%
Other Indo-European	2,432	1.0%
Arabic	2,048	0.8%
Other Asian	1,425	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,333	0.5%
Other	963	0.4%
German, other Germanic	911	0.4%
Chinese	740	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	48,212	18.4%
English	30,834	11.8%
Irish	28,458	10.9%
Dutch	20,394	7.8%
American	13,682	5.2%
Polish	12,587	4.8%
Italian	8,789	3.4%
French	5,986	2.3%
European	5,858	2.2%
Scottish	5,223	2.0%
Swedish	3,837	1.5%
Norwegian	3,229	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	1,927	0.7%
Hungarian	1,642	0.6%
Finnish	1,563	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	253,032	96.8%
Not a citizen	8,394	3.2%

Native	246,743	94.4%
Foreign-born	14,683	5.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,633	1.6%	6,657	4.0%	37,797	22.9%	51,055	31.0%	40,547	24.6%	26,207	15.9%
Average years of education: 14.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,633	1.6%
9-12 Years	6,657	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	37,797	22.9%
Some College	51,055	31.0%
Bach. Degree	40,547	24.6%
Grad Degree	26,207	15.9%
Average years of education: 14.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	240,348	227,758	12,590	5.2%
1991	235,972	221,838	14,134	6.0%
1992	236,568	223,512	13,056	5.5%
1993	242,444	231,284	11,160	4.6%
1994	247,856	237,628	10,228	4.1%
1995	246,576	237,958	8,618	3.5%
1996	247,214	238,862	8,352	3.4%
1997	251,908	244,120	7,788	3.1%
1998	254,074	247,586	6,488	2.6%
1999	256,974	250,114	6,860	2.7%

2000	265,824	257,620	8,204	3.1%
2001	264,984	253,698	11,286	4.3%
2002	259,636	247,388	12,248	4.7%
2003	260,372	246,310	14,062	5.4%
2004	262,352	247,762	14,590	5.6%
2005	265,548	251,692	13,856	5.2%
2006	267,360	253,004	14,356	5.4%
2007	269,044	254,532	14,512	5.4%
2008	267,600	251,054	16,546	6.2%
2009	265,504	239,194	26,310	9.9%

2010	257,038	232,008	25,030	9.7%
2011	252,002	231,624	20,378	8.1%
2012	250,208	232,312	17,896	7.2%
2013	250,828	233,804	17,024	6.8%
2014	256,724	242,296	14,428	5.6%
2015	259,512	248,082	11,430	4.4%
2016	264,730	253,894	10,836	4.1%
2017	265,632	255,036	10,596	4.0%
2018	267,758	258,564	9,194	3.4%
2019	268,336	259,714	8,622	3.2%

2020	263,236	244,260	18,976	7.2%
2021	256,722	243,850	12,872	5.0%
2022	262,872	252,490	10,382	3.9%
2023	270,762	260,806	9,956	3.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	114,093
Median Value	$209,700

Occupied	105,797	92.7%
Vacant	8,296	7.3%

Owned	67,729	64.0%
Rented	38,068	36.0%
Median Rent	$994

Single-Family Units	77,177	67.6%
Detached	73,103	64.1%
Attached	4,074	3.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	26,147	22.9%
Mobile Homes	3,601	3.2%

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area