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Kalamazoo Demographics and Statistics

Kalamazoo is one of a number of communities in the United States that has an interesting mixture of heritages, cultures and peoples that make the city culturally rich. People of many cultures, lifestyles and backgrounds inhabit the area. It is home to residents living in urban and suburban areas. The metro has contracted recently. Demographic data of the metro statistical area of Kalamazoo present some exciting facts.

Kalamazoo, MI

People QuickFacts Kalamazoo Michigan
Population, 2006 estimate 72,161 10,095,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 -6.5% 1.6%
Population, 2000 77,145 9,938,444
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.2% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 20.3% 26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 10.1% 12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.8% 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 70.8% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 20.6% 14.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.4% 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 3.2% 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 4.3% 3.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 40.1% 57.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.2% 5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.0% 8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 84.2% 83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 32.7% 21.8%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 17.4 24.1
 
Housing units, 2000 31,798 4,234,279
Homeownership rate, 2000 47.7% 73.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $83,000 $115,600
 
Households, 2000 29,413 3,785,661
Persons per household, 2000 2.30 2.56
Median household income, 1999 $31,189 $44,667
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,897 $22,168
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 24.3% 10.5%
Business QuickFacts Kalamazoo Michigan
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 604,793 165,958,945
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 622,816 109,350,139
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $8,247 $10,892
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 147,352 12,248,269
Total number of firms, 2002 5,224 735,531
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 11.6% 6.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 2.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F Z
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 31.1% 29.6%
 
Geography QuickFacts Kalamazoo Michigan
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 24 56,803
Persons per square mile, 2000 3,125.8 175.0
FIPS Code 42160 26
  Counties Kalamazoo County