Editing Climax Township, Michigan

{{About|the township in Michigan|the village located in the township|Climax, Michigan}}
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| official_name      = Climax Township, Michigan
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| pushpin_label      = Climax Township
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan|Kalamazoo County]] and the administered village of [[Climax, Michigan|Climax]] (1) and portion of the CDP of [[Scotts, Michigan|Scotts]] (2)

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| subdivision_name2  = [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan|Kalamazoo]]

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| population_total   = 2364
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| postal_code        = 49034
| area_code          = [[Area code 269|269]]
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'''Climax Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan|Kalamazoo County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  The [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] recorded a population of 2,364.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Climax_township,_Kalamazoo_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2607716460 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The [[Climax, Michigan|village of Climax]] is located within the township along the northern boundary with [[Charleston Township, Michigan|Charleston Township]].

==Geography==
The township is in eastern Kalamazoo County, bordered to the east by [[Calhoun County, Michigan|Calhoun County]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|94.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|93.6|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.4|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 0.46%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Climax township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2607716460 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213125916/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2607716460 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=April 1, 2019 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,412 people, 885 households, and 693 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|66.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 927 housing units at an average density of {{convert|25.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.68% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.37% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.46% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.46% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.79% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.58% of the population.

There were 885 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $47,620, and the median income for a family was $49,800. Males had a median income of $35,896 versus $27,194 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,381.  About 2.5% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Kalamazoo County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Kalamazoo County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]