264,780 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.1% since 2020)
562 square miles of land · 471 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
23 active community water systems list Kalamazoo County in the area they serve, reporting 250,341 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| KALAMAZOO groundwater · local government · MI0003520 | 192,992 served |
| PORTAGE groundwater · local government · MI0005520 | 46,292 served |
| VICKSBURG groundwater · local government · MI0006800 | 2,906 served |
| GALESBURG groundwater · local government · MI0002530 | 2,377 served |
| SCHOOLCRAFT groundwater · local government · MI0005970 | 1,405 served |
| AUGUSTA groundwater · local government · MI0000320 | 885 served |
| CLIMAX groundwater · local government · MI0001465 | 767 served |
| NAZARENE CAMP groundwater · private · MI0004647 | 648 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 299 people were held in Kalamazoo County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 172 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 377.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
9 school districts have their office in Kalamazoo County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $232.5 million — $202.3 million to run schools, about $16,449 per student, plus $21.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $74.9 million local (mostly property tax), $131.2 million state, $36.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $204.6 million.
Spent $138.9 million — $118.6 million to run schools, about $13,765 per student, plus $8.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $54 million local (mostly property tax), $89.2 million state, $10 million federal. Long-term debt: $201.9 million.
Spent $56.4 million — $45.2 million to run schools, about $13,890 per student, plus $4.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.7 million local (mostly property tax), $37.7 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $79.9 million.
Spent $45 million — $36.1 million to run schools, about $13,964 per student, plus $6.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.7 million local (mostly property tax), $29.1 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $30.2 million.
Spent $38.8 million — $28 million to run schools, about $15,581 per student, plus $8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.7 million local (mostly property tax), $18.3 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $52.9 million.
Spent $29.4 million — $24.7 million to run schools, about $15,569 per student, plus $591,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.7 million local (mostly property tax), $18.8 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.9 million.
Spent $31.1 million — $14 million to run schools, about $13,103 per student, plus $15.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $11.6 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $41.6 million.
Spent $24.7 million — $16.9 million to run schools, about $17,366 per student, plus $6.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.9 million local (mostly property tax), $11.2 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.4 million.
And 1 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Kalamazoo County about $55.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
152 bridges in Kalamazoo County: 65 in good condition, 76 fair, and 11 poor (7.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US-131 NB over AMTRAK & KL AVE · built 1963 | 28,268 vehicles a day |
| US-131 SB over AMTRAK & KL AVE · built 1963 | 28,268 vehicles a day |
| M-96 (KING HWY) over KALAMAZOO RIVER · built 1930 | 5,183 vehicles a day |
| US-131 BR NB over DOUGLAS AVE · built 1963 | 3,343 vehicles a day |
| US-131 BR SB over DOUGLAS AVE · built 1963 | 3,343 vehicles a day |
| MILHAM PARK RD (S) over PORTAGE CREEK · built 1935 | 360 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $86.2 million of work in Kalamazoo County in fiscal 2025, about $330 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Michigan are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Kalamazoo County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Kalamazoo County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: St. Joseph County (23 mi) · Barry County (26 mi) · Calhoun County (27 mi) · Branch County (33 mi) · Cass County (33 mi) · Allegan County (39 mi).