Kalamazoo County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 195,720 74.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,483 5.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 28,246 10.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,427 2.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 14,258 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 325 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 41 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 875 0.3%

• Under 18 55,906 21.3%
• 18–24 39,286 15.0%
• 25–44 67,973 25.9%
• 45–64 56,870 21.7%
• 65 and over 42,340 16.1%

Median household income

$72,071

90% interval $68,190–$75,952

−$265 vs MI · 19th of 83

Below poverty line

11.6%

90% interval 9.9%–13.3%

−1.8 pp vs MI · 57th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.63 pp vs. state

County GDP

$20.7B

2.95% of state

Avg. annual pay

$68,292

Establishments

6,204

• Education & health services 33,514 27.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 21,953 18.0%
• Manufacturing 20,822 17.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 12,902 10.6%
• Professional & business services 11,726 9.6%
• Construction 6,145 5.0%
• Financial activities 5,153 4.2%
• Other services 4,319 3.5%
• Public administration 2,949 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 1,481 1.2%
• Information 874 0.7%
• Unclassified 214 0.2%

Home ownership

64.5%

−8.7 pp vs MI · 80th of 83

Median gross rent

$1,093

−$36 vs MI · 12th of 83

Owner-occupied

69,106

Renter-occupied

38,004

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $101,353/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,783/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 20 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 84,501 58.0%
• Republican 58,671 40.3%
• Other / third-party 2,474 1.7%

• Spanish 7,436 3.0%
• Arabic 1,991 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 844 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 778 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 414 0.2%
• Chinese 386 0.2%
• Vietnamese 383 0.2%
• Tagalog 334 0.1%
• Korean 163 0.1%

Households

107,110

Family households

62,824

58.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

17,972

28.6% of families

Single-mother families

6,466

10.3% of families

Veterans

11,723

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 35,804 13.7%
• Catholic 31,535 12.1%
• Mainline Protestant 21,033 8.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,582 3.3%
• Black Protestant 4,902 1.9%
• Orthodox 250 0.1%

Health insured

95.3%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±0.4 pp

60th of 83

With a disability

11.9%

±0.6 pp

75th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

41.3%

±1.1 pp

+8.9 pp vs MI · 5th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.9%

90% interval 5.3%–6.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

9th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) and Probate Court judges separate. Vintage 2026 courts.michigan.gov / Wikipedia 'Michigan Circuit Courts' table; cross-checked against MCL § 600.508.)

Court seats

Kalamazoo

Traffic fatalities

25

12.11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

25