Kalamazoo County, Michigan Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Kalamazoo County is 4th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Kalamazoo County is 5th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Kalamazoo County is 5th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Kalamazoo County is 6th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Kalamazoo County is 7th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Kalamazoo County is 7th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - Two or More

Kalamazoo County is 8th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Households

Kalamazoo County is 8th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Housing units

Kalamazoo County is 8th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - Asian

Kalamazoo County is 8th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Kalamazoo County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	254,580	9th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	561.7	53rd	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	445.7	9th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Kalamazoo County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	17th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.0%	39th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.8%	77th	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kalamazoo County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.3%	11th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	33.6%	5th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kalamazoo County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	82.6%	71st	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	11.2%	9th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	69th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.5%	8th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.2%	7th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	19th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.3%	71st	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kalamazoo County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	51.0%	11th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.7%	11th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Kalamazoo County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	110,249	8th	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.7%	4th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	99,603	8th	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.3%	80th	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$144,200	18th	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.4	48th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	401	6th	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Kalamazoo County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$25,620	13th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$46,019	25th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.6%	18th	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Kalamazoo County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,567	9th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	103,970	7th	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	21,093	9th	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,808,829	8th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,481	22nd	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$414,648	8th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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