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Putnam Township is a civil township
Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to a county . Specific responsibilities and the degree of Wiktionary:autonomy vary based on each U.S....
 of Livingston County
Livingston County, Michigan

Livingston County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is part of the Detroit-Warren-Livonia Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

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 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. The population was 7,500 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.


rding to the United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 35.5 square mile
Square mile

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s (92.0 kmē), of which, 34.4 square miles (89.0 kmē) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 kmē) of it (3.32%) is water.

f the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 7,500 people, 2,626 households, and 2,087 families residing in the township.






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Putnam Township is a civil township
Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to a county . Specific responsibilities and the degree of Wiktionary:autonomy vary based on each U.S....
 of Livingston County
Livingston County, Michigan

Livingston County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is part of the Detroit-Warren-Livonia Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. The population was 7,500 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

Communities

  • Hell
    Hell, Michigan

    Hell, Michigan is an unincorporated community in Putnam Township, Michigan of Livingston County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is near the border with Washtenaw County, Michigan, about northwest of Ann Arbor, Michigan....
     is an unincorporated community in the southwest of the township.


Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

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, the township has a total area of 35.5 square mile
Square mile

The square mile is an Imperial system and US customary system of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one mile. It should not be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared....
s (92.0 kmē), of which, 34.4 square miles (89.0 kmē) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 kmē) of it (3.32%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 7,500 people, 2,626 households, and 2,087 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density

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 was 218.3 per square mile (84.3/kmē). There were 2,894 housing units at an average density of 84.2/sq mi (32.5/kmē). The racial makeup of the township was 97.81% White, 0.17% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races
Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.91% of the population.

There were 2,626 households out of which 39.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the township the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $61,388, and the median income for a family was $63,704. Males had a median income of $49,211 versus $31,017 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

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 for the township was $23,974. About 2.8% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.