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Cooper Township, Michigan

Field	Value
name	Cooper Township, Michigan
official_name	Cooper Charter Township
settlement_type	Charter township
motto
image_seal
pushpin_map	Michigan#USA
pushpin_label_position	top
pushpin_label	Cooper Township
pushpin_map_caption	Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
image_map	Cooper Charter Township, MI location.png
mapsize	250
map_caption	Location within Kalamazoo County
<!-- Location -->	subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Michigan
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Kalamazoo
established_date
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	94.9
area_land_km2	94.1
area_water_km2	0.8
area_water_sq_mi
population_as_of	2020
population_total	10418
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
<!-- General information -->	timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_m	259
elevation_ft	850
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	26-077-17980
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1626131
website

Cooper Charter Township is a charter township of Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,418 at the 2020 census, up from 10,111 at the 2010 census. The township was organized in 1837.

History

The township is named after Sarah Sabina Cooper, the wife of Horace H. Comstock, an early pioneer of the area and founder of nearby Comstock. She was the niece of the author James Fenimore Cooper.{{Cite journal

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 94.9 km2, of which 94.1 km2 are land and 0.8 km2, or 0.84%, are water. A community called Cooper Center exists in the physical center of the township.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 8,754 people, 3,187 households, and 2,489 families residing in the township. The population density was 241.2 PD/sqmi. There were 3,269 housing units at an average density of 90.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 96.16% White, 1.36% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.20% of the population.

There were 3,187 households, out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.9% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $47,004, and the median income for a family was $52,737. Males had a median income of $40,500 versus $27,817 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,566. About 3.0% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{gnis. 1626131
"Explore Census Data".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Cooper charter township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan". U.S. Census Bureau.

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