As of the
census of 2000, there were 2,974 people, 1,077 households, and 818 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,229 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 93.38%
White, 0.91%
African American, 0.20%
Native American, 0.03%
Asian, 0.03%
Pacific Islander, 4.10% from
other races, and 1.34% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 9.18% of the population. There were 1,077 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 64.3% were
married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.12. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 26.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 8.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 30.2% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 23.9% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.5% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years. For every one hundred females there were 104.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 103.5 males. The median income for a household in the township was $41,404, and the median income for a family was $43,615. Males had a median income of $30,786 compared with that of $23,523 for females. The
per capita income for the township was $17,415. Approximately 7.3% of families and 8.4% of the population were living below the
poverty line, including 8.7% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 15.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or older. ==References==