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Country
  
United States

County
  
FIPS code
  
26-09040

Elevation
  
236 m

Local time
  
Sunday 2:36 AM

State
  
Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1625949

Area
  
91.2 km²

Population
  
3,039 (2000)

Bloomer Township, Michigan

Weather
  
-5°C, Wind E at 18 km/h, 72% Humidity

Bloomer Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 3,039.

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Map of Bloomer Township, MI, USA

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.2 square miles (91 km2), of which 35.2 square miles (91 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.09%) is water.

History

Bloomer Township was organized in 1852.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,039 people, 487 households, and 393 families residing in the township. The population density was 86.3 per square mile (33.3/km²). There were 520 housing units at an average density of 14.8 per square mile (5.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 66.01% White, 28.36% African American, 1.18% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.76% from other races, and 3.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.11% of the population.

There were 487 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.3% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.26.

In the township the population was spread out with 15.4% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 49.0% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 318.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 409.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,488, and the median income for a family was $40,000. Males had a median income of $37,292 versus $22,350 for females. The per capita income for the township was $11,351. About 11.8% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

Bloomer Township, Michigan Wikipedia


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