Portage is a town/city in Kalamazoo County in the U.S.
It is the lesser of the two chief cities encompassed in the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a populace of 326,589 as of 2010. Portage is adjoining to the southern boundary of the City of Kalamazoo.
The town/city was incorporated from the entirety of the former Portage Township on December 31, 1963.
There are two enhance high schools in Portage, Portage Central and Portage Northern.
Since the creation of the Portage Bikeway fitness in 1989, the trails have period to over 50 miles (80 km), over five times as long as the city's expressways.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 35.17 square miles (91.09 km2), of which 32.23 square miles (83.48 km2) is territory and 2.94 square miles (7.61 km2) is water. Austin Lake is in the southeast part of the town/city and was titled for Moses Austin, who had emigrated to Portage Township from Genesee County, New York in 1833.
There were 20,559 housing units at an average density of 637.9 per square mile (246.3/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 86.9% White, 4.9% African American, 0.4% Native American, 3.8% Asian, 1.0% from other competitions, and 3.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 19,199 homeholds of which 32.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.3% were non-families.
29.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 38.1 years.
24.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.7% were from 25 to 44; 26.9% were from 45 to 64; and 13.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 44,897 citizens , 18,138 homeholds, and 12,134 families residing in the city.
There were 18,880 housing units at an average density of 586.3 per square mile (226.4/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.75% White, 3.73% African American, 0.30% Native American, 2.64% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.70% from other competitions, and 1.84% from two or more competitions.
There were 18,138 homeholds out of which 34.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families.
27.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $49,410, and the median income for a family was $61,285.
About 3.1% of families and 4.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.
"Portage (populated place)".
City of Portage Municipalities and communities of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States
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Cities in Michigan - Cities in Kalamazoo County, Michigan - Portages in the United States - Populated places established in 1963
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