Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo (/ˌkæləməˈzuː/ KAL-ə-mə-ZOO) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 261,670 in 2020.
Kalamazoo, Michigan | |
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| City of Kalamazoo | |
Downtown skyline of Kalamazoo | |
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| Nicknames: The Mall City, Kzoo, The Zoo | |
Location within Kalamazoo County | |
Kalamazoo Location within the state of Michigan Kalamazoo Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 42°17′24″N 85°35′09″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Kalamazoo |
| Settled | 1829 |
| Incorporated | 1843 (village) 1884 (city) |
| Government | |
| • Type | City commission |
| • Mayor | David Anderson |
| • Vice mayor | Don Cooney |
| • Manager | James Ritsema |
| Area | |
| • City | 25.14 sq mi (65.12 km2) |
| • Land | 24.69 sq mi (63.96 km2) |
| • Water | 0.45 sq mi (1.16 km2) |
| Elevation | 784 ft (239 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 73,598 |
| • Density | 2,980.69/sq mi (1,150.85/km2) |
| • Urban | 204,562 (US: 189th) |
| • Metro | 261,108 (US: 189th) |
| • CSA | 500,670 (US: 89th) |
| Demonym | Kalamazooian |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49001, 49003–49009, 49019, 49048 |
| Area code | 269 |
| FIPS code | 26-42160 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0629439 |
| Website | Official website |
One of Kalamazoo's most notable features is the Kalamazoo Mall, an outdoor pedestrian shopping mall. The city created the mall in 1959 by closing part of Burdick Street to auto traffic, although two of the mall's four blocks have been reopened to auto traffic since 1999. Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University, a large public university, Kalamazoo College, a private liberal arts college, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, a two-year community college.