Union Township, Branch County, Michigan

Union Township, Michigan
FIPS code		26-81280[1]
GNIS feature ID	1627184[2]

Union Township is a

The village of

FIPS place code

is 38580.

Geography

M-60 passes through the northwest corner of the township. The St. Joseph River flows through Union City and the township just south of M-60. The entire township is drained by various tributaries of the St. Joseph, the largest being the Coldwater River, which flows into the St. Joseph at Union City.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.0 square miles (93.3 km²), of which 35.4 square miles (91.8 km²) is land and 0.54 square miles (1.4 km²), or 1.55%, is water.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	3,121		—
2010	2,868		−8.1%
2020	2,942		2.6%
[3][4][1]

As of the

of any race were 0.90% of the population.

There were 1,184 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the township the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,990, and the median income for a family was $43,145. Males had a median income of $33,531 versus $22,059 for females. The

, including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

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