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Kalamazoo County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 9 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26077

Within Michigan
Kalamazoo County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Kalamazoo, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
263,795
+2,015 (+0.8%) since 2020
Land area
562
square miles. A further 3.2% of the total area is water
Population density
469
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kalamazoo
Seat of county government.
Established
1830
195 years ago
Largest city
Kalamazoo city
Population 72,683.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Kalamazoo County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Kalamazoo County, Michigan from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 795 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Kalamazoo County ranks

Position among the 83 counties of Michigan, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MichiganNationally
Population263,7959th of 83282nd of 3,144
Land area562 sq mi53rd of 831,839th of 3,144
Population density469 per sq mi9th of 83298th of 3,144
Median household income$72,53220th of 831,012th of 3,143

Full data for Kalamazoo County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population263,795Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020261,780Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?261,669Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area562 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area18.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area580.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?469 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,532American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$241,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households107,110American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units114,908American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+108
2,593 births, 2,485 deaths
Net migration
+554
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Kalamazoo County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Van Buren CountyMichigan24 mi76,071
St. Joseph CountyMichigan24 mi60,968
Calhoun CountyMichigan24 mi133,408
Barry CountyMichigan12 mi63,991
Allegan CountyMichigan11 mi123,188
Branch CountyMichigana single point45,993
Cass CountyMichigana single point51,677

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 83 counties of Michigan

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.