Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan

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Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan
Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan (Michigan)
Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan
Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan
Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°6′31″N 85°42′9″W / 42.10861, -85.7025
Country United States
State Michigan
County Kalamazoo
Area
 - Total 36.4 sq mi (94.3 km²)
 - Land 35.8 sq mi (92.7 km²)
 - Water 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km²)
Elevation 879 ft (268 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 2,086
 - Density 58.3/sq mi (22.5/km²)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 26-66200[1]
GNIS feature ID 1626941[2]

Prairie Ronde Township is a civil township of Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,086 at the 2000 census.

Prairie Ronde is the birthplace of the women's suffragist Olympia Brown.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.4 square miles (94.3 km²), of which, 35.8 square miles (92.7 km²) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) of it (1.73%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 2,086 people, 707 households, and 601 families residing in the township. The population density was 58.3 per square mile (22.5/km²). There were 733 housing units at an average density of 20.5/sq mi (7.9/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.84% White, 0.29% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 1.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.48% of the population.

There were 707 households out of which 46.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.5% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.9% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the township the population was spread out with 32.2% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 104.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $65,385, and the median income for a family was $67,458. Males had a median income of $48,074 versus $27,038 for females. The per capita income for the township was $23,431. About 2.6% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

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