TABLE IX-3
Population Age Structure:
City of Kalamazoo
| | 1990
| 2000 |
2015 |
Age Group | Life Phase
| Number | Percent
| Number | Percent
| Number | Percent
|
0 - 4 | Pre-School
| 6,026 | 7.5%
| 5,250 | 6.6%
| 4,310 | 5.4%
|
5 - 19 | Elementary & Secondary School
| 18,005 | 22.4%
| 20,171 | 25.6%
| 19,601 | 24.7%
|
20 - 24 | College & Early Workforce
| 13,403 | 16.7%
| 11,326 | 14.3%
| 11,766 | 14.8%
|
25 - 44 | Young Families
| 23,827 | 29.7%
| 23,729 | 30.1%
| 21,652 | 27.2%
|
45 - 64 | Mature Families
| 10,304 | 12.8%
| 11,909 | 15.1%
| 16,227 | 20.4%
|
65 & over | Retirement
| 8,712 | 10.9%
| 6,534 | 8.3%
| 5,937 | 7.5%
|
| | 80,277
| 100% | 78,919
| 100% | 79,493
| 100% |
Source: 1990 US Census and W.E. Upjohn Institute