Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.

It is the smaller of the two main cities included in the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 261,670 in 2020.

On May 7, 2024, the city was struck by a high-end EF2 tornado, causing significant damage to homes and properties.

[4] A FedEx distribution center was severely damaged after the tornado caused part of the roof to collapse.

[5] Over 500 buildings were damaged, with 60 being destroyed, including a strip mall.

[9] At the 2010 census there were 46,292 people, 19,199 households, and 12,426 families living in the city.

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 44,897 people, 18,138 households, and 12,134 families living in the city.

Portage is the site of Pfizer's largest manufacturing facility, at 1,300 acres.

[12] The U.S. government prepped millions of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on December 13, 2020, for shipment to sites across the nation, a mammoth logistical undertaking in support of the most complex immunization program in history.