Kalamazoo–Portage Metropolitan Area
The Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Area is a United States metropolitan area defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The metropolitan area covers the counties of Kalamazoo and Van Buren. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 326,589.[1] 2008 estimates placed it as the 147th largest among similarly designated areas in the United States.
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[edit] Counties
[edit] Cities and towns
[edit] Places with 25,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
[edit] Places with 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants
- Antwerp Township
- Comstock Township
- Cooper Township
- Kalamazoo Charter Township
- Oshtemo Township
- Pavilion Township
- Paw Paw Township
- Richland Township
- Ross Township
- Schoolcraft Township
- South Haven, city
- Texas Township
[edit] Places with 500 to 5,000 inhabitants
- Alamo Township
- Almena Township
- Arlington Township
- Augusta
- Bangor Township
- Bangor, city
- Bloomingdale Township
- Bloomingdale, village
- Brady Township
- Charleston Township
- Climax Township
- Climax
- Columbia Township
- Covert Township
- Decatur Township
- Decatur, village
- Galesburg
- Geneva Township
- Gobles, city
- Hamilton Township
- Hartford Township
- Hartford, city
- Keeler Township
- Lawrence Township
- Lawrence, village
- Lawton, village
- Mattawan, village
- Parchment
- Paw Paw, village
- Pine Grove Township
- Porter Township
- Prairie Ronde Township
- Richland
- Schoolcraft
- South Haven Charter Township
- Vicksburg
- Wakeshma Township
- Waverly Township
[edit] Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants
- Breedsville, village
[edit] Unincorporated places
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 314,866 people, 121,461 households, and 78,270 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 85.38% White, 8.64% African American, 0.54% Native American, 1.46% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.80% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.79% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $40,694, and the median income for a family was $49,889. Males had a median income of $37,464 versus $26,514 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $19,809.
[edit] References
- ^ Population of Michigan Regions, 2000 and 2010, at www.michigan.gov
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
