Convis Township, Michigan
Convis Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,636 at the 2010 census.
History
Convis Township was established in 1837.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.5 square miles (94.5 km2), of which 35.4 square miles (91.6 km2) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.9 km2), or 3.05%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,666 people, 622 households, and 475 families residing in the township. The population density was 47.2 per square mile (18.2/km²). There were 651 housing units at an average density of 18.4 per square mile (7.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.08% White, 0.06% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.36% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.68% of the population.
There were 622 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.04.