Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Kalamazoo city GEOCODE:26-1370 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 79,722 100.0% 80,277 100.0% 555 0.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 53,085 66.6% 52,064 64.9% -1,021 -1.9 -1.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 9,581 12.0% 9,437 11.8% -144 -1.5 -0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 65,463 82.1% 61,938 77.2% -3,525 -5.4 -5.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 12,432 15.6% 15,104 18.8% 2,672 21.5 3.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 856 1.1% 1,687 2.1% 831 97.1 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 449 0.6% 369 0.5% -80 -17.8 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,375 1.7% 2,071 2.6% 696 50.6 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,467 6.9% 5,918 7.4% 451 8.2 0.5 5-17.................. 12,474 15.6% 11,809 14.7% -665 -5.3 -0.9 18-24.................. 22,065 27.7% 19,586 24.4% -2,479 -11.2 -3.3 25-44.................. 19,769 24.8% 23,983 29.9% 4,214 21.3 5.1 45-64.................. 11,528 14.5% 10,400 13.0% -1,128 -9.8 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 8,419 10.6% 8,581 10.7% 162 1.9 0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 17,941 22.5% 17,727 22.1% -214 -1.2 -0.4 40 AND OVER............ 22,973 28.8% 23,190 28.9% 218 0.9 0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.9 26.8 1.9 7.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,971 $23,207 -1,764 -7.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,798 $29,869 -1,929 -6.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,862 $11,956 94 0.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 13,831 19.6% 18,621 26.2% 4,790 34.6 6.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 28,410 100.0% 29,534 100.0% 1,124 4.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 16,903 59.5% 16,595 56.2% -308 -1.8 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,519 30.0% 8,849 30.0% 330 3.9 -0.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 12,580 44.3% 11,116 37.6% -1,464 -11.6 -6.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,768 20.3% 4,936 16.7% -832 -14.4 -3.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,644 12.8% 4,650 15.7% 1,006 27.6 2.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,707 9.5% 3,256 11.0% 549 20.3 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 8,156 28.7% 9,260 31.4% 1,104 13.5 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -2.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 39,716 100.0% 42,964 100.0% 3,248 8.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 10,968 27.6% 9,843 22.9% -1,125 -10.3 -4.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 10,632 26.8% 12,801 29.8% 2,169 20.4 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 38,219 100.0% 39,872 100.0% 1,653 4.3 FEMALE................ 17,868 46.8% 19,937 50.0% 2,069 11.6 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 35,203 92.1% 36,210 90.8% 1,007 2.9 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 9,203 24.1% 10,430 26.2% 1,227 13.3 2.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 6,527 17.1% 7,072 17.7% 545 8.3 0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 30,199 100.0% 31,488 100.0% 1,289 4.3 OCCUPIED.............. 28,375 94.0% 29,409 93.4% 1,034 3.6 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 14,283 50.3% 13,928 47.4% -355 -2.5 -3.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,839 $58,582 -3,258 -5.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 14,092 49.7% 15,481 52.6% 1,389 9.9 3.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $368 $403 35 9.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,967 56.2% 16,579 52.7% -388 -2.3 -3.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 566 1.9% 836 2.7% 270 47.7 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1945.5 1953.0 7.5 0.4 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis