Wang Township is a township in

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, United States. The population was 299 at the 2000 census. Wang Township was organized in 1875, and named after a district or group of farms in

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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 299 people, 104 households and 84 families residing in the township. The

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was . There were 122 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the township was 96.66%

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and 3.34% from other races.

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or Latino of any race were 5.02% of the population. There were 104 households, of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.8% were

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living together, 1.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 18.3% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.15. 27.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64 and 18.7% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.2 males. The

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was $41,023 and the median family income was $42,500. Males had a median income of $29,688 and females $21,563 for females. The

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was $14,043. About 4.7% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the

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, including 5.6% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

References

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