† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupKalamazoo-Portage, MIMichiganUnited States
German18.2%17.7%12.5%
English13.1%10.5%9.5%
Irish10.5%9.9%9.4%
Dutch7.8%3.0%—
American5.8%4.2%5.3%
Polish4.5%7.2%2.2%
Italian2.9%4.2%4.8%
French2.2%3.0%1.6%
African American†8.8%12.2%9.9%
African1.5%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Mexican3.8%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.3%——
Guatemalan0.2%—0.5%
Spaniard0.2%——
Asian Indian0.9%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%——
Bangladeshi0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Michigan
United States
Median age
35
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
14.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.1%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$72,532
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.7%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.3%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.9%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
1.8%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Michigan
United States
Catholic
12.1%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.7%
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.0%
60.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.1%
4.7%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.7%
1896
−4.0%
1900
−11.6%
1904
−33.9%
1908
−17.1%
1912
+8.3%
1916
+8.6%
1920
−41.7%
1924
−60.7%
1928
−59.3%
1932
−13.6%
1936
+0.1%
1940
−18.0%
1944
−21.0%
1948
−17.8%
1952
−34.2%
1956
−41.5%
1960
−27.5%
1964
+20.1%
1968
−18.1%
1972
−19.9%
1976
−20.7%
1980
−14.8%
1984
−28.3%
1988
−11.9%
1992
+5.3%
1996
+5.3%
2000
+0.5%
2004
+3.6%
2008
+19.5%
2012
+13.3%
2016
+12.8%
2020
+18.7%
2024
+17.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
58.0%Harris84,501
40.3%Trump58,671
0.5%Stein693 +7
D+17.7
R+1.0
D+19.2
145,710
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic58.0%84,501
Donald J TrumpRepublican40.3%58,671
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%693
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%680
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%675
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%203
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%156
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%67
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%42
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%22
D
58.4%Biden83,686
39.6%Trump56,823
2.0%
D+18.7
D+6.0
D+14.3
143,414
D
53.2%Clinton67,148
40.4%Trump51,034
6.4%
D+12.8
R+0.5
D+10.7
126,299
D
55.8%Obama69,051
42.6%Romney52,662
1.6%
D+13.3
R+6.2
D+9.4
123,690
D
58.9%Obama77,051
39.4%McCain51,554
1.7%
D+19.5
D+15.9
D+12.2
130,781
D
51.3%Kerry61,462
47.7%Bush57,147
1.0%
D+3.6
D+3.1
D+6.1
119,783
D
48.5%Gore48,807
47.9%Bush48,254
3.6%
D+0.5
R+4.8
±0.0
100,656
D
49.0%Clinton45,644
43.7%Dole40,703
7.3%
D+5.3
±0.0
R+3.2
93,135
D
41.9%Clinton43,568
36.6%Bush38,035
21.4%
D+5.3
D+17.2
R+0.2
103,858
R
43.7%Dukakis39,457
55.6%Bush50,205
0.6%
R+11.9
D+16.4
R+4.2
90,235
R
35.5%Mondale32,460
63.8%Reagan58,327
0.7%
R+28.3
R+13.5
R+10.1
91,388
R
36.1%Carter34,528
50.9%Reagan48,669
13.0%
R+14.8
D+5.9
R+5.1
95,617
R
38.4%Carter33,411
59.1%Ford51,462
2.5%
R+20.7
R+0.8
R+22.8
87,085
R
38.9%McGovern33,324
58.8%Nixon50,405
2.4%
R+19.9
R+1.8
D+3.2
85,770
R
35.8%Humphrey26,437
53.9%Nixon39,796
10.3%
R+18.1
R+38.2
R+17.4
73,832
D
59.9%Johnson40,789
39.8%Goldwater27,100
0.3%
D+20.1
D+47.6
R+2.5
68,104
R
36.0%Kennedy24,286
63.5%Nixon42,800
0.5%
R+27.5
D+14.0
R+27.6
67,434
R
29.0%Stevenson17,808
70.5%Eisenhower43,305
0.5%
R+41.5
R+7.3
R+26.1
61,433
R
32.6%Stevenson18,967
66.8%Eisenhower38,847
0.6%
R+34.2
R+16.3
R+23.4
58,185
R
39.5%Truman16,393
57.3%Dewey23,799
3.2%
R+17.8
D+3.2
R+22.3
41,517
R
38.9%Roosevelt16,223
60.0%Dewey24,974
1.1%
R+21.0
R+3.0
R+28.5
41,654
R
40.7%Roosevelt17,733
58.7%Willkie25,596
0.7%
R+18.0
R+18.1
R+28.0
43,622
D
47.8%Roosevelt17,870
47.7%Landon17,824
4.5%
D+0.1
D+13.8
R+24.1
37,380
R
41.4%Roosevelt13,974
55.0%Hoover18,584
3.6%
R+13.6
D+45.6
R+31.4
33,785
R
19.9%Smith5,946
79.2%Hoover23,626
0.9%
R+59.3
D+1.4
R+41.8
29,830
R
14.6%Davis3,587
75.3%Coolidge18,451
10.0%
R+60.7
R+19.0
R+35.5
24,500
R
25.9%Cox5,271
67.5%Harding13,765
6.6%
R+41.7
R+50.2
R+15.5
20,384
D
50.5%Wilson7,164
42.0%Hughes5,951
7.5%
D+8.6
D+0.3
D+5.4
14,173
O
29.7%Wilson3,660
21.5%Taft2,642
48.8%
Roosevelt +19.1
D+25.3
R+11.3
12,308
R
37.6%Bryan4,477
54.6%Taft6,511
7.8%
R+17.1
D+16.9
R+7.5
11,918
R
28.4%Parker3,264
62.3%Roosevelt7,163
9.3%
R+33.9
R+22.3
R+14.3
11,491
R
42.0%Bryan4,707
53.6%McKinley6,010
4.4%
R+11.6
R+7.7
R+4.1
11,209
R
47.2%Bryan5,434
51.2%McKinley5,891
1.7%
R+4.0
D+5.7
D+2.1
11,515
R
40.9%Cleveland4,018
50.6%Harrison4,968
8.5%
R+9.7
—
R+11.3
9,825
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
57.0%81,996
39.9%57,478
143,934
2020
D
55.4%78,842
42.3%60,227
142,215
2018
D
57.3%65,686
40.3%46,243
114,648
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
195,448
2018
196,052
2020
211,033
2022
211,544
2024
216,493
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−356 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,696 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+317
2012
+1,022
2013
+238
2014
+65
2015
−702
2016
−73
2017
+363
2018
+514
2019
−715
2021
−1,576
2022
−260
2023
+147
2024
−680
2025
−356
Home to Western Michigan University and a legacy brewing and manufacturing economy, the Kalamazoo-Portage metro recorded an R+6.8 margin in 2024—a notable swing for a mid-sized Michigan city with a significant student and healthcare workforce population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 60.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.7 points.
A population of 262,375, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,532 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lansing-East Lansing, MI and Iowa City, IA.
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How did Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan voted Democratic by 17.7 points (D+17.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 145,710 votes cast, 84,501 went Democratic and 58,671 went Republican.
When did Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan?
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan has a population of 262,375 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan is $72,532 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
