Union charter township, MI

Tracts in this county

2022 population: 11,846 ( 1,081 from 2010 )
Land area: 28.2 square miles
Population density: 420.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	9,945	83.95%	10.5%
Black:	385	3.25%	19.1%
Indian:	151	1.27%	58.4%
Asian:	225	1.90%	7.4%
2+ races:	637	5.38%	106.8%
Hispanic:	489	4.13%	17.5%

Total non-White:	1,901	16.05%	4.7%

2010-2022 Components	Number	Rate

Change in White population:	-1,167	-10.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	86	0.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
12,927
11,112	85.96%
476	3.68%
363	2.81%
243	1.88%
308	2.38%
416	3.22%
1,815	14.04%

2000
7,482
6,747	90.18%
201	2.69%
241	3.22%
58	0.78%
59	0.79%
176	2.35%
735	9.82%

1990
5,139
4,872	94.80%
19	0.37%
118	2.30%
13	0.25%
n/a
117	2.28%
267	5.20%

1980
5,306
5,173	97.49%
14	0.26%
13	0.25%
8	0.15%
n/a
98	1.85%
133	2.51%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

4,365	58.3
1,080	14.4

Number	Rate
1990's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

1,875	36.5
468	9.1

Number	Rate
1980's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

-301	-5.7
134	2.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Union charter township, MI

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
23.2
1,699	14.3%
10,147	85.7%
1,166	9.8%

5,129
2.29

2,008	39.1%
1,241	61.8%
219	10.9%
3,121	60.9%

2010
Number	Percent
22.8
1,846	14.3%
11,081	85.7%
817	6.3%

5,235
2.46

1,964	37.5%
1,281	65.2%
295	15.0%
3,271	62.5%

2000
Number	Percent
25.4
1,641	21.9%
5,841	78.1%
555	7.4%

2,963
2.50

1,577	53.2%
1,227	77.8%
222	14.1%
1,386	46.8%

1990
Number	Percent
28.0
1,328	25.8%
3,811	74.2%
378	7.4%

1,868
2.73

1,262	67.6%
1,062	84.2%
115	9.1%
606	32.4%

1980
Number	Percent
24.8
1,553	29.3%
3,753	70.7%
279	5.3%

1,825
2.91

1,285	70.4%
1,129	87.9%
103	8.0%
540	29.6%

2022 Housing Data for Union charter township, MI

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	726	14.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	325	6.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	333	6.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	277	5.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	480	9.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	297	5.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	180	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	163	3.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	121	2.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	199	3.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	560	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	661	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	176	3.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	181	3.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	209	4.1%
$200,000 or more	241	4.7%

Median Household Income	39,024
Per Capita Income	27,585

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	135	2.6%
Public Assistance	126	2.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	350	6.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	6,619	76.2%
Unemployed	387	4.5%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	7,006	80.6%
Not in Labor Force	1,681	19.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	2,363	2,708	46.6%
Non-Profit	146	609	19.3%
Self-Employed	161	115	58.3%

Local Government	87	130	40.1%
State Government	283	311	47.6%
Federal Government	7	58	10.8%

Total Private + Self	2,524	2,823	47.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	523	1,108	32.1%
Total	3,047	3,931	43.7%

Pct. Govt.	12.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	790	11.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,344	19.3%
Professional, Technical	1,476	21.2%
Service Occupations	2,015	28.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	40	0.6%
All others	1,353	19.4%

White Collar		51.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Accommodation and food services	1,271	18.2%
Retail trade	1,218	17.5%
Educational services	986	14.1%
Health care and social assistance	850	12.2%
Manufacturing	583	8.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	442	6.3%
Wholesale trade	281	4.0%
Finance and insurance	209	3.0%
Transportation and warehousing	208	3.0%
Other services	196	2.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	196	2.8%
Construction	184	2.6%
Public administration	97	1.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	76	1.1%
Information	65	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	48	0.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	47	0.7%
Utilities	15	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	6	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	236	1.99%
Puerto Rican	135	1.14%
Cuban	22	0.19%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	82	0.69%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	82	0.69%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	6	0.05%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	6	0.05%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	8	0.07%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Korean	112	0.95%
Indian	66	0.56%
Chinese	37	0.31%
Vietnamese	22	0.19%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	10,891	95.7%
Spanish	198	1.7%
Korean	100	0.9%
Other Indo-European	89	0.8%
German, other Germanic	31	0.3%
Chinese	27	0.2%
Vietnamese	22	0.2%
Tagalog	17	0.1%
Other	3	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	2,774	23.4%
Irish	1,426	12.0%
English	1,150	9.7%
Polish	999	8.4%
Italian	813	6.9%
American	606	5.1%
French	459	3.9%
Dutch	289	2.4%
British	236	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	227	1.9%
Scottish	227	1.9%
European	182	1.5%
French Canadian	180	1.5%
Swedish	170	1.4%
Norwegian	98	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	11,709	98.8%
Not a citizen	137	1.2%

Native	11,618	98.1%
Foreign-born	228	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
85	1.7%	157	3.1%	1,268	25.0%	1,410	27.8%	1,125	22.2%	1,023	20.2%
Average years of education: 14.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	85	1.7%
9-12 Years	157	3.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,268	25.0%
Some College	1,410	27.8%
Bach. Degree	1,125	22.2%
Grad Degree	1,023	20.2%
Average years of education: 14.3

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +235	D +398	D + 7.5%
D +633
2020 vs. 2012	R +434	D +160	D + 0.4%
D +594
2020 vs. 2008	R +344	R +488	R + 11.9%
D -144

2016 vs. 2008	R +109	R +886	R + 19.4%
D -777
How to interpret this table

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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (St)	Diff (US)	PSV
2020	47%	Joe Biden (D)	2,585	55.9%	Donald Trump* (R)	1,944	42.0%	95	2.1%	4,624	-6	-5	0.08%
2016	39%	Hillary Clinton (D)	1,952	49.0%	Donald Trump (R)	1,709	42.9%	324	8.1%	3,985	-4	-3	0.08%
2012	33%	Barack Obama* (D)	1,991	56.3%	Mitt Romney (R)	1,510	42.7%	37	1.0%	3,538	-2	-5	0.07%
2008	44%	Barack Obama (D)	2,729	62.1%	John McCain (R)	1,600	36.4%	63	1.4%	4,392	-4	-9	0.09%
2004	41%	John Kerry (D)	1,689	51.5%	George W. Bush* (R)	1,545	47.1%	47	1.4%	3,281	-1	-4	0.07%
2000	46%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	1,283	48.3%	George W. Bush (R)	1,274	47.9%	101	3.8%	2,658	2	0	0.06%

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Union charter township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

2,585

55.9%

Donald Trump* (R)

1,944

42.0%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

1.4%

Other

0.6%

TOTAL

4,624

Turnout: 47%	Diff (St): -6	Diff (US): -5

2016 President, Union charter township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

1,952

49.0%

Donald Trump (R)

1,709

42.9%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

195

4.9%

Other

129

3.2%

TOTAL

3,985

Turnout: 39%	Diff (St): -4	Diff (US): -3

2012 President, Union charter township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

1,991

56.3%

Mitt Romney (R)

1,510

42.7%

Other

1.0%

TOTAL

3,538

Turnout: 33%	Diff (St): -2	Diff (US): -5

2008 President, Union charter township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

2,729

62.1%

John McCain (R)

1,600

36.4%

Other

1.4%

TOTAL

4,392

Turnout: 44%	Diff (St): -4	Diff (US): -9

2004 President, Union charter township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

1,545

47.1%

John Kerry (D)

1,689

51.5%

Ralph Nader (I)

0.9%

Other

0.6%

TOTAL

3,281

Turnout: 41%	Diff (St): -1	Diff (US): -4

2000 President, Union charter township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

1,274

47.9%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

1,283

48.3%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

3.2%

Other

0.6%

TOTAL

2,658

Turnout: 46%	Diff (St): 2	Diff (US): 0

* incumbent

Historical Statewide Election Results for Union charter township, MI

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Year	Type	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff	PSV
2022	G	38%	Gretchen Whitmer* (D)	2,204	59.1%	Tudor Dixon (R)	1,465	39.3%	61 [+]	1.6%	3,730	-5	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 2022: Mary Buzuma (Libertarian) 28 (0.8%); Kevin Hogan (Green) 14 (0.4%); Donna Brandenburg (U.S. Taxpayers) 12 (0.3%); Daryl Simpson (Natural Law) 4 (0.1%); Other (Write-in) 3 (0.1%);
2020	S2	47%	Gary Peters* (D)	2,496	54.6%	John James (R)	1,997	43.7%	80 [+]	1.7%	4,573	-4	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Other (Write-in) 44 (1.0%); Marcia Squier (Green) 36 (0.8%);
2018	S1	34%	Debbie Stabenow* (D)	1,852	54.0%	John James (R)	1,487	43.4%	91 [+]	2.7%	3,430	-2	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 2018: Marcia Squier (Green) 56 (1.6%); George Huffman (U.S. Taxpayers) 26 (0.8%); Other (Write-in) 9 (0.3%);
2018	G	34%	Gretchen Whitmer (D)	1,953	56.6%	Bill Schuette (R)	1,400	40.6%	95 [+]	2.8%	3,448	-3	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 2018: Bill Gelineau (Libertarian) 38 (1.1%); Other (Write-in) 34 (1.0%); Todd Schleiger (U.S. Taxpayers) 23 (0.7%);
2014	S2	22%	Gary Peters (D)	1,262	55.5%	Terri Lynn Land (R)	908	39.9%	103 [+]	4.5%	2,273	-1	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 2014: Jim Fulner (Libertarian) 45 (2.0%); Richard Matkin (U.S. Taxpayers) 34 (1.5%); Chris Wahmhoff (Green) 24 (1.1%);
2014	G	22%	Mark Schauer (D)	1,145	49.8%	Rick Snyder* (R)	1,082	47.1%	70 [+]	3.0%	2,297	-4	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 2014: Mary Buzuma (Libertarian) 37 (1.6%); Mark McFarlin (U.S. Taxpayers) 20 (0.9%); Paul Homeniuk (Green) 13 (0.6%);

*: incumbent +: ran on additional party lines Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election RO: runoff election PSV: percent of state vote

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	5,842
Median Value	$148,000

Occupied	5,129	87.8%
Vacant	713	12.2%

Owned	1,865	36.4%
Rented	3,264	63.6%
Median Rent	$807

Single-Family Units	2,282	39.1%
Detached	1,834	31.4%
Attached	448	7.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	2,822	48.3%
Mobile Homes	411	7.0%

Union charter township, MI

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Union charter township, MI

2022 Housing Data for Union charter township, MI

2022 Income & Employment Data for Union charter township, MI

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Union charter township, MI

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Union charter township, MI

Historical Presidential Election Results for Union charter township, MI

Historical Statewide Election Results for Union charter township, MI