Editing East China Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = East China Township, Michigan
| official_name      = Charter Township of East China
| settlement_type    = [[Charter township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = "A Community Growing Together"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.eastchinatownship.org/|title= East China Charter Township  |publisher= East China Charter Township|access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref>

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| image_caption      = East China Charter Township Hall
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| pushpin_label      = East China Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = East China Charter Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair County]]

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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair]]

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| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 20.3
| area_land_km2      = 17.3
| area_water_km2     = 3.0
| area_total_sq_mi   = 7.8
| area_land_sq_mi    = 6.7
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.1

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 3704
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 179
| elevation_ft       = 587
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|46|39|N|82|28|52|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48054
| area_code          = [[Area code 810|810]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-23820<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>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1626203<ref>{{gnis|1626203}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.eastchinatownship.org/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''East China Township''' is a [[charter township]] of [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  The population was 3,704 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/East_China_township,_St._Clair_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2614723820 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
The township was named after [[China Township, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21701 |title= Profile for China, Michigan, MI |publisher= ePodunk|access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|7.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|6.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}} (14.69%) is water.

==Communities==
*'''Hawthorne''' is an [[unincorporated community]] on Remer Road, east of [[M-29 (Michigan highway)|River Road/M-29]] ({{Coord|42|46|24|N|82|28|22|W|}}; Elevation: 591&nbsp;ft./180 m.) <ref>{{gnis|1624599|Hawthorne, Michigan}} & [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=42.7733661&p_longi=-82.4726887&fid=1624599 GNIS in Google Map]</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,630 people, 1,467 households, and 1,007 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|542.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,577 housing units at an average density of {{convert|235.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 98.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.28% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.06% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.66% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.52% of the population.

There were 1,467 households, out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the township the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $51,652, and the median income for a family was $65,597. Males had a median income of $47,104 versus $30,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $26,792.  About 2.2% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
East China Township is home to the [[St. Clair Power Plant|St. Clair]] and [[Belle River Power Plant]]s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Samilton|first=Tracy|title=US EPA to propose rules on wastewater from power plants|url=http://michiganradio.org/post/us-epa-propose-rules-wastewater-power-plants}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.eastchinatownship.org/ East China Charter Township]

{{Geographic location
| Centre = East China Township
| North = [[St. Clair, Michigan|St. Clair]]
| Northeast = 
| East =  ''[[St. Clair River]]'' / {{flagicon|CAN}}{{flagicon|Ontario}} [[St. Clair, Ontario|St. Clair]]
| Southeast = 
| South = [[Marine City, Michigan|Marine City]]
| Southwest = [[Cottrellville Township, Michigan|Cottrellville Township]]
| West = [[China Township, Michigan|China Township]]
| Northwest = 
}}

{{St. Clair County, Michigan}}

[[Category:Townships in St. Clair County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Charter townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Michigan populated places on the St. Clair River]]