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Population (year 2000): 77,145. Estimated
population in July 2005: 72,700 (-5.8% change)
Males: 37,198 (48.2%), Females: 39,947 (51.8%)
Kalamazoo County
Zip codes:
49001,
49004,
49006,
49007,
49008,
49009.
Median resident age: 26.1 years
Median household income: $31,189 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,000 (year 2000)
Races in Kalamazoo:
- White Non-Hispanic (69.5%)
- Black (20.6%)
- Hispanic (4.3%)
- Two or more races (3.2%)
- Other race (2.4%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Asian Indian (0.7%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (17.3%), Irish (10.0%),
English (9.8%), Dutch (7.7%), Polish (4.9%), United States
(4.0%).
Elevation: 780 feet
Land area: 24.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kalamazoo
- High school or higher: 84.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 14.4%
- Unemployed: 12.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kalamazoo city
- Never married: 46.2%
- Now married: 36.9%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 5.0%
- Divorced: 10.4%
5.2% Foreign born (2.2% Asia, 1.4% Latin
America, 1.1% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -3,262 (-4.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Kalamazoo:
- BORGESS-PIPP HEALTH CENTER (1521 GULL ROAD)
- BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL (601 JOHN STREET)
- KALAMOZOO REGIONAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSP (1312
OAKLAND DR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kalamazoo:
- KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL (about 4 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: AZO)
- W K KELLOGG (about 24 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; ID:
BTL)
- GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL (about 41 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MI; ID: GRR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kalamazoo:
- TRIPLE H (about 6 miles; PARCHMENT, MI; ID: 2H4)
- NEWMAN'S (about 12 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: 4N0)
- PLAINWELL MUNICIPAL (about 14 miles; PLAINWELL, MI;
ID: 61D)
Amtrak station:
KALAMAZOO (459 N. BURDICK ST.). Services: ticket office,
fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, paid short-term
parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental
service, taxi stand, intercity bus service.
Colleges/Universities in Kalamazoo:
- WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Full-time
enrollment: 23,132; Location: 1903 West Michigan Avenue;
Public; Offers Doctor's degree)
- KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FT
enrollment: 5,017; Location: 6767 WEST O AVE; Public)
- KALAMAZOO COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,322;
Location: 1200 ACADEMY ST; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.kzoo.edu)
- DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY-WESTERN REGION-KALAMAZOO
(FT enrollment: 703; Location: 4123 W. MAIN ST.;
Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.davenport.edu)
- GRAND RAPIDS EDUCATIONAL CENTER (FT
enrollment: 132; Location: 5349 W MAIN; Private,
for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Kalamazoo:
- KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; BATTLE
CREEK, MI; Full-time enrollment: 2,824)
- CALVIN COLLEGE (about 45 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT
enrollment: 4,148)
- AQUINAS COLLEGE (about 46 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI;
FT enrollment: 2,022)
- GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 7,590)
- HOPE COLLEGE (about 50 miles; HOLLAND, MI; FT
enrollment: 2,918)
- GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles;
ALLENDALE, MI; FT enrollment: 15,124)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME (about 61 miles; NOTRE
DAME, IN; FT enrollment: 10,633)
Public high schools in Kalamazoo:
- KALAMAZOO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,384; Location: 2432 N. DRAKE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LOY NORRIX HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,287;
Location: 606 E. KILGORE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- COMSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 801;
Location: 2107 N. 26TH STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- NEW CITY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 247;
Location: 604 W. VINE STREET; Grades: 08 - 12)
- KALAMAZOO AREA MATH AND SCIENCE CENTER
(Students: 161; Location: 600 W. VINE STREET; Grades: 09
- 12)
- KALAMAZOO POST SECONDARY SCHOOL (Students:
56; Location: 714 S. WESTNEDGE AVENUE; Grades: 12 - 12)
Private high schools in Kalamazoo:
- MSGR HACKETT CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 469;
Location: 1000 W KILGORE ROAD; Grades: 9 - 12)
- HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 315;
Location: 6312 QUAIL RUN DR; Grades: KG - 12)
- FIRST ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN SCH (Students: 308;
Location: 5550 OAKLAND DRIVE; Grades: KG - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Kalamazoo:
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 740;
Location: 1423 NORTH 28TH STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MAPLE STREET MAGNET SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
(Students: 593; Location: 922 W. MAPLE STREET; Grades:
07 - 08)
- HILLSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 567;
Location: 1941 ALAMO AVENUE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- KING-WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
548; Location: 1100 NICHOLS ROAD; Grades: KG - 06)
- PARAMOUNT CHARTER ACADEMY (Students: 548;
Location: 3624 S. WESTNEDGE AVENUE; Grades: KG - 08)
- MILWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 515;
Location: 2916 KONKLE STREET; Grades: 07 - 08)
- MILWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 506;
Location: 3400 LOVERS LANE; Grades: KG - 06)
- WOODS LAKE ELEMENTARY:A MAGNET CENTER FOR THE
ARTS (Students: 493; Location: 3215 OAKLAND DRIVE;
Grades: KG - 06)
- LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SCHOOL
(Students: 492; Location: 912 N. BURDICK STREET; Grades:
KG - 06)
- WINCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 450;
Location: 2316 WINCHELL AVENUE; Grades: KG - 06)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Kalamazoo:
- ST MONICA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 480;
Location: 530 WEST KILGORE RD; Grades: KG - 8)
- GAGIE SCHOOL (Students: 370; Location: 615
FAIRVIEW AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
- NORTH CHRISTIAN (Students: 356; Location:
1340 COBB AVE; Grades: PK - 8)
- SOUTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 329;
Location: 3333 S WESTNEDGE AVENUE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST AUGUSTINE SCHOOL (Students: 290; Location:
600 W MICHIGAN AVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- EAST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 224;
Location: 5196 COMSTOCK AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
- KALAMAZOO ACADEMY (Students: 207; Location:
4221 E MILHAM ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST JOSEPH SCHOOL (Students: 198; Location:
930 LAKE STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 167; Location:
750 HOWARD ST; Grades: PK - 5)
- ST MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 111;
Location: 929 CHARLOTTE AVENUE; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Kalamazoo:
- KALAMAZOO PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$9,654,475; Location: 315 SOUTH ROSE STREET; 467,368
books; 19,157 audio materials; 9,104 video materials;
862 serial subscriptions)
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