Kalamazoo County
Michigan · County seat: Kalamazoo · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 26077 is Kalamazoo County, Michigan. With a population of 261,426 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #9 in Michigan and #265 nationally. Kalamazoo County is part of the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI. The state FIPS code for Michigan is 26. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
26077
Population
261,426
2022 ACS · #265 nationally
Density
465.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
562
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 26077 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 26 (Michigan) with the 3-digit county identifier 077. Together they uniquely identify Kalamazoo County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 26077
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 26077.
Median Household Income
$67,905
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
34.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Kalamazoo County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 26077.
Federal Datasets Using Code 26077
FIPS code 26077 appears as the county identifier in the following federal datasets. Analysts joining data across these sources use this code as the common geographic key.
Using FIPS Code 26077 in Code
Common patterns for querying federal datasets by this county's FIPS code. The leading zeros are significant — always treat FIPS codes as strings, not integers.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:077",
"in": "state:26",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Kalamazoo County, Michigan, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '26077';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '26'
AND county_fips = '077';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 26077 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "26",
county = "077",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Kalamazoo County
ZIP codes do not align perfectly with county boundaries — a single ZIP code can span multiple counties, and a county can contain parts of many ZIP codes. The ratios below (from the Census 2020 ZCTA relationship file) show the land area share of each ZCTA that falls within Kalamazoo County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 49074 | 100.0% |
| 49002 | 100.0% |
| 49004 | 100.0% |
| 49006 | 100.0% |
| 49007 | 100.0% |
| 49008 | 100.0% |
| 49048 | 100.0% |
| 49053 | 100.0% |
| 49083 | 100.0% |
| 49001 | 100.0% |
| 49024 | 100.0% |
| 49088 | 100.0% |
| 49012 | 98.3% |
| 49009 | 95.9% |
| 49087 | 95.2% |
| 49097 | 94.7% |
| 49034 | 79.2% |
| 49052 | 77.2% |
| 49071 | 24.0% |
| 49060 | 23.6% |
| 49080 | 16.4% |
| 49078 | 12.2% |
| 49072 | 3.7% |
| 49065 | 1.3% |
| 49015 | 0.1% |