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Newfield Township, Michigan

Field	Value
official_name	Newfield Township, Michigan
settlement_type	Township
image_seal
motto
map_caption1
pushpin_map	Michigan#USA
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Location within the state of Michigan
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name1	Michigan
subdivision_name2	Oceana
established_date
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	92.5
area_total_sq_mi	35.7
area_land_km2	90.8
area_land_sq_mi	35.1
area_water_km2	1.7
area_water_sq_mi	0.7
elevation_m	241
elevation_ft	791
population_total	2329
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
footnotes
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	26-57300
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1626800

Newfield Township is a civil township of Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 2,329.

Communities

Hesperia is a village in the southeast corner of the township on the boundary with Denver township in Newaygo County and is approximately evenly divided between them.
Gale was a post office here from 1899 until 1906.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.7 sqmi, of which, 35.1 sqmi of it is land and 0.6 sqmi of it (1.82%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,483 people, 949 households, and 692 families residing in the township. The population density was 70.8 PD/sqmi. There were 1,322 housing units at an average density of 37.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 95.65% White, 0.20% African American, 0.89% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 1.29% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.38% of the population.

There were 949 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the township, the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $30,547, and the median income for a family was $35,762. Males had a median income of $30,855 versus $20,545 for females. The per capita income for the township was $14,054. About 12.1% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

Notes

Sources

References

"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{gnis. 1626800
"Explore Census Data".

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