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