Odessa Township, Michigan
township in Ionia County, Michigan
Odessa Township is a civil township of Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,918 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles (94 km2), of which 35.8 square miles (93 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (1.24%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,036 people, 1,492 households, and 1,096 families residing in the township. The population density was 112.8 inhabitants per square mile (43.6/km2). There were 1,609 housing units at an average density of 45.0 per square mile (17.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 95.39% White, 0.15% African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 2.18% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.58% of the population.
There were 1,492 households, out of which 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
“Odessa Township, Michigan” enters the record as township in Ionia County, Michigan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Odessa, Township and Michigan can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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