Richland Township is a

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Ogemaw County Ogemaw County ( ') is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 20,770. The county seat is West Branch, Michigan, West Branch. The county newspap ...

in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 827 at the 2020 census.

Communities

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is a village located within the township at .

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (2.98%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 956 people, 379 households, and 280 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 614 housing units at an average density of 17.6 per square mile (6.8/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.43%

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, 0.52% Native American, and 1.05% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.93% of the population. There were 379 households, out of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were

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living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.93. In the township the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $29,000, and the median income for a family was $33,162. Males had a median income of $29,000 versus $20,750 for females. The

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for the township was $13,294. About 12.7% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the

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, including 25.2% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Townships in Ogemaw County, Michigan Townships in Michigan Populated places established in 1879 1879 establishments in Michigan