Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Kalamazoo County is a county located in the state of Michigan in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Kalamazoo.
Geography
The County is located in the southwest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, is in the south about 40 miles from Indiana, in the west about 50 km from Lake Michigan, one of the five Great Lakes, away and has an area of 1503 square kilometers, of which 47 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Barry County, Calhoun County, St. Joseph County, Van Buren County, and Allegan County.
History
Kalamazoo County was formed in 1829 as an original county of free territory. It was named, as well as the district capital, according to the Kalamazoo River. Both pull your name from the language of the local Native American tribes.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Kalamazoo County 238 603 people in 93 479 households and 57 956 families. The population density was 164 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 84.57 percent White, 9.73 percent African American, 0.41 percent Native American, 1.83 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.27 percent from other races groups; 2.15 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.64 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 93 479 households out of which 30.4 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.7 percent were married couples living together, 11.0 percent were single mothers and 38.0 percent were non-families. 28.0 percent of all households and 8.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.00.
24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 15.2 percent of 18 to 24 years 28.2 percent between 25 and 44, 21.1 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 11.4 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 42,022, and the median income for a family $ 53,953. Males have a median income of $ 39,611, women $ 27,965. The per capita income was $ 21,739. 6.5 percent of families and 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Adams Park
- Alamo
- Augusta
- Climax
- Comstock
- Cook's Mill
- Cooper
- Dougherty's Corners
- East Comstock
- East Cooper
- Eastwood
- Fulton
- Galesburg
- Gardners Corners
- Gull Lake
- Highland Park
- Howland castle
- Kalamazoo
- Lakewood
- Lawndale
- Lemon Park
- Midland Park
- Milwood
- Northwood
- Oakwood
- Oshtemo
- Parchment
- Pavilion
- Pavilion Center
- Pomeroy
- Portage
- Ramona Park
- Richland
- Richland Junction
- Schoolcraft
- Scotts
- South Gull Lake
- Texas Corners
- Vicksburg
- Westwood
- Yorkville
Townships
- Alamo Township
- Brady Township
- Charleston Township
- Climax Township
- Comstock Charter Township
- Cooper Charter Township
- Kalamazoo Charter Township
- Oshtemo Charter Township
- Pavilion Township
- Prairie Ronde Township
- Richland Township
- Ross Township
- Sandstone Township
- Texas Charter Township
- Wakeshma Township