Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo population, 2020 to 2024

Kalamazoo lost 199 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -94. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Kalamazoo is 6.0 times that size.

Kalamazoo covers 24.64 square miles of land and 0.45 of water, for 2,974 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Kalamazoo is denser than the typical town.

What county Kalamazoo is in

All of Kalamazoo's residents live in Kalamazoo County, which had 264,780 residents in 2024. Kalamazoo holds 27.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kalamazoo

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kalamazoo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49001, 49006, 49007, 49008, 49074. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Kalamazoo is

The Census internal point of Kalamazoo is at 42.275200, -85.588500. Lansing, the capital, is 61.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wyoming, MI (78,559 people), 42.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 47.5 miles away.

Daylight in Kalamazoo

At 42.28° N, Kalamazoo gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kalamazoo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Parchment, 3.8 miles away, with 1,901 people.