Top 10 List - Berrien County
2000 Rank	Municipality	Population	1990 Rank
1	Benton Township	16,404	1
2	Lincoln Township	13,952	2
3	Niles Township	13,325	3
4	Niles City	12,199	5
5	Benton Harbor City	11,182	4
6	St. Joseph Township	10,042	7
7	Oronoko Township	9,843	6
8	St. Joseph City	8,789	8
9	Coloma Township	5,217	9
10	Berrien Township	5,075	10

Top 10 List - Van Buren County
2000 Rank	Municipality	Population	1990 Rank
1	Antwerp Township	10,813	1
2	Paw Paw Township	7,091	2
3	South Haven City	5,013	3
4	South Haven Township	4,046	4
5	Geneva Township	3,975	6
6	Decatur Township	3,916	5
7	Bloomingdale Township	3,364	10
8	Lawrence Township	3,341	8
9	Hartford Township	3,159	7
10	Covert Township	3,141	9

Top Ten List - Cass County
2000 Rank	Municipality	Population	1990 Rank
1	Howard Township	6,309	2
2	Dowagiac City	6,147	1
3	Ontwa Township	5,865	3
4	Porter Township	3,794	4
5	Silver Creek Township	3,491	6
6	La Grange Township	3,340	5
7	Wayne Township	2,861	7
8	Marcellus Township	2,712	8
9	Milton Township	2,646	10
10	Mason Township	2,514	9

Population in Michigan's Great Southwest
Community Population Population change 1990 to 2000
	2000		1990	Number	Percent
Berrien County	162,453		161,378	1,075	0.7
Cities
Benton Harbor	11,182		12,818	-1,636	-12.8
Bridgman	2,428		2,140	288	13.5
Buchanan	4,681		4,992	-311	-6.2
Coloma	1,595		1,679	-84	-5.0
New Buffalo	2,200		2,317	-117	-5.0
Niles	12,199		12,456	-257	-2.1
St. Joseph	8,789		9,214	-425	-4.6
Watervliet	1,843		1,867	-24	-1.3
Townships
Bainbridge	3,132		2,865	267	9.3
Baroda	2,880		2,731	149	5.5
Benton	16,404		17,163	-759	-4.4
Berrien	5,075		4,697	378	8.0
Bertrand	2,380		2,228	152	6.8
Buchanan	3,510		3,402	108	3.2
Chikaming	3,678		3,717	-39	-1.0
Coloma	5,217		5,123	94	1.8
Galien	1,611		1,591	20	1.3
Hagar	3,964		4,113	-149	-3.6
Lake	3,148		2,487	661	26.6
Lincoln	13,952		13,604	348	2.6
New Buffalo	2,468		2,419	49	2.0
Niles	13,325		12,828	497	3.9
Oronoko	9,843		9,819	24	0.2
Pipestone	2,474		2,303	171	7.4
Royalton	3,888		3,135	753	24.0
Sodus	2,139		2,065	74	3.6
St. Joseph	10,042		9,613	429	4.5
Three Oaks	2,949		2,952	-3	-0.1
Watervliet	3,392		2,926	466	15.9
Weesaw	2,065		2,114	-49	-2.3
Villages*
Baroda		858	657	201	30.6
Berrien Springs		1,862	1,927	-65	-3.4
Eau Claire		656	494	162	32.8
Galien		593	596	-3	-0.5
Grand Beach		221	146	75	51.4
Michiana		200	164	36	22.0
Shoreham		860	737	123	16.7
Stevensville		1,191	1,230	-39	-3.2
Three Oaks		1,829	1,786	43	2.4
Van Buren County		76,263	70,060	6,203	8.9
Cities
Bangor		1,933	1,922	11	0.6
Gobles		815	769	46	6.0
Hartford		2,476	2,341	135	5.8
South Haven		5,013	5,563	-550	-9.9
Townships
Almena		4,226	3,581	645	18.0
Antwerp		10,813	9,293	1,520	16.4
Arlington		2,075	1,929	146	7.6
Bangor		2,121	1,948	173	8.9
Bloomingdale		3,364	2,854	510	17.9
Columbia		2,714	2,552	162	6.3
Covert		3,141	2,855	286	10.0
Decatur		3,916	3,616	300	8.3
Geneva		3,975	3,162	813	25.7
Hamilton		1,797	1,515	282	18.6
Hartford		3,159	3,032	127	4.2
Keeler		2,601	2,344	257	11.0
Lawrence		3,341	3,030	311	10.3
Paw Paw		7,091	6,701	390	5.8
Pine Grove		2,773	2,594	179	6.9
Porter		2,406	2,086	320	15.3
South Haven		4,046	4,185	-139	-3.3
Waverly		2,467	2,188	279	12.8
Villages*
Bloomingdale		528	503	25	5.0
Breedsville		235	213	22	10.3
Decatur		1,838	1,760	78	4.4
Lawrence		1,059	915	144	15.7
Lawton		1,859	1,685	174	10.3
Mattawan		2,536	2,456	80	3.3
Paw Paw		3,363	3,169	194	6.1
Cass County		51,104	49,477	1,627	3.3
Cities
Dowagiac		6,147	6,409	-262	-4.1
Niles		5	2	3	150.0
Townships
Calvin		2,041	1,813	228	12.6
Howard		6,309	6,378	-69	-1.1
Jefferson		2,401	2,112	289	13.7
La Grange		3,340	3,406	-66	-1.9
Marcellus		2,712	2,569	143	5.6
Mason		2,514	2,450	64	2.6
Milton		2,646	2,284	362	15.8
Newburg		1,703	1,627	76	4.7
Ontwa		5,865	5,592	273	4.9
Penn		1,902	1,877	25	1.3
Pokagon		2,199	2,188	11	0.5
Porter		3,794	3,857	-63	-1.6
Silver Creek		3,491	3,101	390	12.6
Volinia		1,174	1,032	142	13.8
Wayne		2,861	2,780	81	2.9
Villages*
Cassopolis		1,740	1,822	-82	-4.5
Edwardsburg		1,147	1,142	5	0.4
Marcellus		1,162	1,193	-31	-2.6
Vandalia		429	357	72	20.2
Allegan County		105,665	90,509	15,156	16.7
City
Fennville		1,459	1,023	436	42.6
Townships
Casco		3,019	2,856	163	5.7
Clyde		2,104	2,001	103	5.1
Ganges		2,524	2,124	400	18.8
Lee		4,114	2,672	1,442	54.0

* Township population totals include residents from any villages inside the townships, so these village figures were not used to determine county totals.