Kalamazoo County Directories
KALAMAZOO COUNTY POPULATION
| Townships* |
1980 Population |
1990 Population |
2000 Population |
| Alamo | 2,909 | 3,276 | 3,820 |
| Brady | 3,628 | 3,134 | 4,263 |
| Charleston | 1,728 | 1,747 | 1,813 |
| Climax | 1,368 | 1,544 | 2,412 |
| Comstock | 11,162 | 11,834 | 13,851 |
| Cooper | 8,434 | 8,442 | 8,754 |
| Kalamazoo | 20,942 | 20,976 | 21,675 |
| Oshtemo | 10,958 | 13,401 | 17,003 |
| Pavilion | 4,811 | 5,500 | 5,829 |
| Prairie Ronde | 1,189 | 1,365 | 2,086 |
| Richland | 4,199 | 4,634 | 6,491 |
| Ross | 3,854 | 3,832 | 5,047 |
| Schoolcraft | 3,076 | 5,212 | 7,260 |
| Texas | 5,643 | 7,711 | 10,919 |
| Wakeshma | 1,37 | 1,378 | 1,414 |
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| Cities |
| Galesburg | 1,822 | 1,863 | 1,988 |
| Kalamazoo | 79,722 | 80,277 | 77,145 |
| Parchment | 1,817 | 1,958 | 1,936 |
| Portage | 38,157 | 41,042 | 44,897 |
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| Villages |
| Augusta | 913 | 927 | 899 |
| Climax | 610 | 677 | 791 |
| Richland | 478 | 465 | 593 |
| Schoolcraft | 1,359 | 1,517 | 1,587 |
| Vicksburg | 2,224 | 2,216 | 2,320 |
| TOTAL COUNTY |
212,378 |
223,411 |
238,603 |
| *Including Villages when appropriate |
KALAMAZOO COUNTY 2000 POPULATION STATISTICS
| ITEM | KALAMAZOO COUNTY | MICHIGAN |
| Population | 238,603 | 9,938,444 |
| Population - change 1990-2000 | 6.8% | 6.9% |
| Persons under 5 years old | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| Persons under 18 years old | 24.1% | 26.1% |
| Persons 65 years and older | 11.4% | 12.3% |
| Female persons | 51.6% | 51.0% |
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| White persons | 84.6% | 80.2% |
| African-American persons | 9.7% | 14.2% |
| Asian persons | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| Persons reporting other race | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| Persons reporting 2 or more races | 2.2% | 1.9% |
| Persons of Hispanic/Latino origin | 2.6% | 3.3% |
| White persons not of Hispanic/Latino origin | 83.5% | 78.6% |
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| Foreign born persons | 4.0% | 5.3% |
| Language other than English spoken at home | 6.7% | 8.4% |
| High School graduates (age 25+) | 88.8% | 83.4% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+) | 31.2% | 21.8% |
| Persons with a disability (age 5+) | 36,403 | 1,711,231 |
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