Editing Allegan Township, Michigan

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| official_name      = Allegan Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Township (United States)|Township]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Allegan County, Michigan|Allegan]]

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| area_total_km2     = 82.6
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| population_total   = 4689
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| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| postal_code        = 49010
| area_code          = [[Area code 269|269]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-01280<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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'''Allegan Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Allegan County, Michigan|Allegan County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 4,689.<ref name="2020 census">{{cite web |title=Allegan township, Allegan County, Michigan - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Allegan_township,_Allegan_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2600501280 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>

The [[Allegan, Michigan|city of Allegan]] is within the township, but is administratively autonomous.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|82.6|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|78.7|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|3.8|km2|disp=flip}}, or 4.63%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2600501280| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212143807/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2600501280| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Allegan township, Allegan County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=June 5, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1960 = 2404
| 1970 = 2970
| 1980 = 3464
| 1990 = 3976
| 2000 = 4050
| 2010 = 4406
| 2020 = 4689
| footnote = Source: Census Bureau. Census [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MCD1960-1990C_33608_7.pdf 1960-] 2000, 2010. }}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,050 people, 1,574 households, and 1,156 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|133.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,780 housing units at an average density of {{convert|58.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.04% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.52% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.27% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.62% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.26% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.65% of the population.

There were 1,574 households, out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $40,760, and the median income for a family was $48,125. Males had a median income of $37,383 versus $29,716 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,545. About 4.8% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.allegantownship.org/|Allegan Township official website}}

{{Allegan County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Allegan County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]