People QuickFacts	Kalamazoo	Michigan
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	75,092	9,883,360
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	74,262	9,883,635
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.1%	Z
 	Population, 2010    	74,262	9,883,640
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.4%	6.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.5%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	9.4%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.7%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	68.1%	78.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	22.2%	14.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.7%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.6%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	6.4%	4.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	65.6%	76.6% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	64.3%	85.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	5.9%	6.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.8%	9.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	89.2%	88.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	32.3%	25.3%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,279	711,613
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	17.8	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	32,433	4,532,233
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	46.3%	73.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	42.0%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$105,200	$137,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	28,524	3,825,182
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.33	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,348	$25,482
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$31,291	$48,669
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	34.7%	15.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Kalamazoo	Michigan
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,812	816,972
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	12.3%	8.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.9%	2.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.3%	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,347,476	234,455,768
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	611,633	107,109,349
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	637,329	109,102,594
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,822	$10,855
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	167,036	14,536,648

   	Geography QuickFacts	Kalamazoo	Michigan
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	24.68	56,538.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,008.5	174.8
 	FIPS Code    	42160	26
 	Counties    	Kalamazoo County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts