Editing White Oak Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = White Oak Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Old White Oak Township Hall.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Former White Oak Township Hall
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label      = White Oak Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = White Oak Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]]

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Dorwin Marshall
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Leela Vernon
| established_title  = Organized
| established_date   = 1839

<!-- Area -->| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 94.48
| area_land_km2      = 93.96
| area_water_km2     = 0.52
| area_total_sq_mi   = 36.48
| area_land_sq_mi    = 36.28
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.20

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1199
| population_density_km2 = 
| 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        = 283
| elevation_ft       = 928
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|33|21|N|84|12|30|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48819 ([[Dansville, Michigan|Dansville]])<br>48892 ([[Webberville, Michigan|Webberville]])<br>49285 ([[Stockbridge, Michigan|Stockbridge]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-86900<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>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1627265<ref>{{gnis|1627265}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.white-oak-twp.org/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''White Oak Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,199 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/White_Oak_township,_Ingham_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2606586900 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.48|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|36.28|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.20|sqmi|km2|2}} (0.55%) is water.<ref name="CENS">{{cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |accessdate=January 14, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=25 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,177 people, 417 households, and 329 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|32.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 430 housing units at an average density of 11.8 per square mile (4.6/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 97.20% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.59% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.76% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.17% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.59% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.68% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.63% of the population.

There were 417 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 17.3% 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 2.82 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $53,594, and the median income for a family was $57,250. Males had a median income of $41,111 versus $30,268 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $21,670.  About 1.9% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Highways==
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|36}} runs briefly concurrent with M-52.
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|52}} runs south–north through the center of the township.

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

{{Ingham County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Ingham County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1839]]
[[Category:1839 establishments in Michigan]]