delÂ·eÂ·teÂ·riÂ·ous. adj. Having a harmful effect; injurious: the deleterious effects of smoking.
Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 46,292 in the 2010 census. It is the smaller of the two main cities included in the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 326,589 as of 2010. Portage is adjacent to the southern boundary of the City of Kalamazoo.
According to our research of Michigan and other state lists there were 97 registered sex offenders living in Portage, Michigan as of August 29, 2017. The ratio of number of residents in Portage to the number of sex offenders is 486 to 1. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average. Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kalamazoo, MI (4.8 miles , pop. 77,145).