Editing St. Joseph Charter Township, Michigan

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|official_name            = St. Joseph Charter Township, Michigan
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|motto                    = "A Full Service Community"

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|map_caption              = Location within [[Berrien County, Michigan|Berrien County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Shoreham, Michigan|Shoreham]] and a portion of the [[Fair Plain, Michigan|Fair Plain]] community (pink)

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|postal_code              = 49022, 49085
|area_code                = [[Area code 269|269]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-70980<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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'''St. Joseph Charter Township''' is a [[charter township]] of [[Berrien County, Michigan|Berrien County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 9,993 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 census">{{cite web |title=St. Joseph charter township, Berrien County, Michigan - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/St._Joseph_charter_township,_Berrien_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2602170980 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> The township is on the shores of [[Lake Michigan]] in the west central portion of the county, south of and adjacent to the [[St. Joseph, Michigan|city of St. Joseph]].

==Communities==
The village of [[Shoreham, Michigan|Shoreham]], on Lake Michigan south of the city of St. Joseph, is the only incorporated community within the boundaries of the township. Both the village and township are bedroom communities for the city of St. Joseph.

[[Fair Plain, Michigan|Fair Plain]] is an unincorporated [[census-designated place]] that includes the portion of the township lying north of the St. Joseph River.

==History==
The township was one of the original divisions of Berrien County, and was organized in 1832.{{citation needed|date= March 2024}}

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|18.0|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|17.2|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.8|km2|disp=flip}}, or 4.56%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2602170980| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142930/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2602170980| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): St. Joseph charter township, Berrien County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 9, 2014}}</ref>

The [[St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)|St. Joseph River]] flows through the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 10,042 people, 4,094 households, and 2,947 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|1,507.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 4,271 housing units at an average density of {{convert|641.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 85.21% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.47% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.32% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.72% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.81% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.05% of the population.

There were 4,094 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $54,158, and the median income for a family was $60,743. Males had a median income of $49,410 versus $31,375 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $28,095.  About 2.2% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://sjct.org/ St. Joseph Charter Township official website]

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[[Category:Townships in Berrien County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Charter townships in Michigan]]