- Southfield Township, Michigan
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footnotes = Southfield Township is acivil township of Oakland County in theU.S. state ofMichigan . The population was 14,430 at the 2000 census.The cities of
Lathrup Village andSouthfield are autonomous municipalities and are no longer part of the Township. The township shares some responsibilities with the villages of Franklin,Bingham Farms , and Beverly Hills. The township handles elections, animal control, tax collection, merchant and animal licensing and ordinances for the areas it represents. The incorporated village governments handle all other municipal services.The unincorporated part of the township, which belongs to no village, measures 0.2
sq mi with a population of 26 at the 2000 census.History
Southfield Township, originally known as Ossewa Township, came into existence on
July 12 ,1830 . The name was changed to Southfield Township seventeen days later. Franklin Village was an early community established in the fall of 1828. Originally consisting of a 36 square milesurvey township , it has been reduced in size by the incorporation of municipalities. Only a handful of parcels remain outside of the borders of the Township's three villages.The city of Lathrup Village was incorporated out of the east side of the township on
May 12 ,1953 . The village of Franklin incorporated onNovember 8 ,1953 , the village of Bingham Farms onJune 7 ,1955 , and the village of Beverly Hills (originally named the Village of Westwood) in April, 1958. The city of Southfield was incorporated onSeptember 16 ,1957 .Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 8.1square mile s (20.9km² ), of which, 8.0 square miles (20.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.37%) is water.Demographics
As of the
census GR|2 of 2000, there were 14,430 people, 5,612 households, and 4,214 families residing in the township. Thepopulation density was 1,794.9 people per square mile (693.0/km²). There were 5,800 housing units at an average density of 721.4 per square mile (278.5/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 92.39% White, 3.62% African American, 0.13% Native American, 2.17% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.23% of the population.There were 5,612 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the township the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $97,719, and the median income for a family was $109,249. Males had a median income of $83,609 versus $50,957 for females. The
per capita income for the township was $51,328. About 1.3% of families and 1.9% of the population were below thepoverty line , including 1.1% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over.Education
The
Birmingham City School District provides public school services to the township.References
External links
* [http://www.binghamfarms.org/southfieldtownship.htm Southfield Township Information from Village of Bingham Farms]
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