Editing Cooper Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Cooper Township, Michigan
| official_name      = Cooper Charter Township
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| area_total_km2     = 94.9
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| population_total   = 10418
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| elevation_m        = 259
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| blank_info         = 26-077-17980<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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'''Cooper Charter Township''' is a [[charter township]] of [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan|Kalamazoo County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  The population was 10,418 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Cooper_charter_township,_Kalamazoo_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2607717980 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> up from 10,111 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2607717980| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Cooper charter township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| access-date=March 29, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213120505/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2607717980| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> The township was organized in 1837.

==History==
The township is named after Sarah Sabina Cooper, the wife of [[Horace H. Comstock]], an early pioneer of the area and founder of nearby [[Comstock, Michigan|Comstock]]. She was the niece of the author [[James Fenimore Cooper]].<ref name="Gray1970">{{Cite journal
 | last = Gray
 | first = John S.
 | title = Will Comstock, Scout: The Natty Bumppo of Kansas
 | journal = Montana: The Magazine of Western History
 | issn = 0026-9891
 | volume = 20
 | issue = 3
 | pages = 5
 | date = 1970
 | jstor = 4517480
}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|94.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|94.1|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.8|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 0.84%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> A community called Cooper Center exists in the physical center of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 8,754 people, 3,187 households, and 2,489 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|241.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 3,269 housing units at an average density of {{convert|90.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 96.16% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.36% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.45% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.39% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.34% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.20% of the population.

There were 3,187 households, out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $47,004, and the median income for a family was $52,737. Males had a median income of $40,500 versus $27,817 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $21,566.  About 3.0% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.coopertwp.org/ Official website]

{{Kalamazoo County, Michigan}}

[[Category:Townships in Kalamazoo County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Charter townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area]]
[[Category:1837 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1837]]