Kalamazoo County Poverty Reduction Initiative - Poverty in Kalamazoo

Poverty Reduction Initiative

Poverty in the City of Kalamazoo

Overall population living in poverty has increased from 24.3% in 1999 to 38.8% in 2010. (US Census American Community Survey) Click on the neighborhoods below to see poverty data from 1999.

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Map shows Kalamazoo neighborhoods color coded by number (not percent) living below poverty level, 1999:

Kalamazoo City Poverty 1999 24.3%
Kalamazoo City Poverty 2008 34.9%

red = 4,000 in poverty
orange = 2,000 - 3,000 in poverty
yellow = 500 - 1000 in poverty
brown = 250 - 500 in poverty
purple = 0 - 100 in poverty

Neighborhood boundaries estimates from the City of Kalamazoo online maps. Data from city-data.com.

2009 Kalamazoo specific data from the Lewis Walker Institute