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Delhi Township Demographics
Delhi Charter Township conducted a mid-decade
census to document the population growth that has occurred to
maximize the full potential of State Revenue Sharing dollars.
With the count concluded, the population of Delhi Charter Township
as of September 25, 2006 is just over 25,000.
This represents a net gain of 11 percent
from the 2000 census.
The 2000 U.S. Census
population for Delhi Township was 22,569 persons. This
represents a net gain of 17.6 percent in population during the
previous
decade. This growth, as shown in
Table 1, represents a faster growth rate than either Ingham
County or the Tri-County Region as a whole. A more significant
gain occurred in Delhi Township between 1970 and 1980, which was a
24.3 percent increase over the Township's 1970 population of 13,795
persons. This growth pattern demonstrates that Delhi continues
to be a strong growth area within the Tri-County Region. |
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TABLE 1 |
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STATE AND REGIONAL
POPULATION TRENDS - 1990-2000 |
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Unit |
1990
Population |
2000
Population |
Percent Change |
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Delhi
Township |
19,190 |
22,569 |
18% |
| Ingham County |
281,912 |
287,353 |
2% |
| Tri-County
Region |
432,674 |
447,728 |
3% |
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State of Michigan |
9,938,444 |
9,295,297 |
(6.9%) |
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Delhi Township is
the fourth largest local jurisdiction in population size within
Ingham County, following the cities of Lansing and East Lansing and
Meridian Township, and the fifth largest in the Tri-County Region.
Table 2 shows the population change in several of the larger
local units of government in the Region and the net growth rate for
each. |
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TABLE
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PERCENTAGE
POPULATION GAIN OR LOSS 1990-2000
(SELECTED AREAS IN REGION) |
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Area |
Percent
Change |
Net Change |
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Bath
Township |
18% |
1,154 |
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Bellevue
Township |
7% |
206 |
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City
of Charlotte |
4% |
306 |
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Delhi
Township |
18% |
3,379 |
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Delta
Township |
14% |
3,553 |
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City
of DeWitt |
19% |
738 |
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DeWitt
Township |
16% |
1,695 |
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City
of East Lansing |
-8% |
(4,152) |
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City
of Grand Ledge |
3% |
234 |
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City
of Lansing |
-6% |
(8,193) |
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City
of Mason |
-1% |
(54) |
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Meridian
Township |
10% |
3,472 |
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Age
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A
review of the age of persons in the community shows that 28.9
percent of Delhi's population is under age eighteen. The
average for Ingham County was only 23.4 percent and the Region 24.8
percent.
In
1990, the Township had 8.1 percent of the population over 65 years and by 2000 this percentage had grown to
9.6 percent. This
trend has been typical for the Township for the past thirty years.
The older portion of the population has been growing at a faster
rate. Delhi is typical of the statewide trend since 1970 where
the number of persons over 65 years of age and their percentage of
the total population has increased.
Table 3 shows the percentage of population for various age
brackets and Male/Female ratio. |
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TABLE 3 |
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AGE
AND SEX 2000 |
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Percent of Total Population |
Median Age (years) |
Males per 100
Females |
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Under 18
years |
18 to 24
years |
25 to 44
years |
45 to 64
years |
65 years and
over |
All ages |
18 years and
over |
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28.9 |
7.1 |
30.7 |
23.7 |
9.6 |
35.9 |
91.5 |
87.5 |
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Education
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There
have been significant changes in the levels of education of
residents in Delhi Township since 1970. In 1970, 36.5 percent
of Delhi's residents over 25 years of age had no high school diploma
and only 4.4 percent had a college degree. In 2000, 90.1
percent of the population over 25 years had at least a high
school diploma and 26 percent held a college
bachelors degree or higher.
Delhi Township is
serviced by four public school districts. Holt School District
services the majority of the student population, but the southern
portion of the Township is included inside of the Mason School
District, a small portion of the west side is included within the
Eaton Rapids School District, and a handful of properties on the
north end are within the Lansing School District.
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Race
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According to 2000 census data 93% of township residents are white,
3.6% are Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% are Black or African American,
1.2% Asian and 2.1% identified themselves as two or more races. The County and
Region have both experienced a steady growth in the numbers of
minority persons since 1970. |
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Employment
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Employment has increased steadily and at a higher rate than
population from 1970-2000, but slowed dramatically from 1990-2000.
Family and household median income rose from 1990 to 2000. The
median family income in 1999 was $61,837, with 3.2
percent of families at or below poverty level. 2.9
percent of the labor force in Delhi Township was unemployed
in 2000, which was lower than that of Ingham County (5.7%) and the
State (5.8%).
The
top four employers located in Delhi Township are Holt Public Schools
which employs 583 people, Regional Steel Distribution Center (RSDC)
of Michigan, L.L.C. employs 292 people, Davenport Masonry employs
280 people and Granger Construction with 250 employees.
Table 4 shows percent distribution by occupation for Delhi
Charter Township. |
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TABLE 4 |
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OCCUPATION,
CIVILIANS 16 YEARS AND OVER |
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Percent distribution by occupation |
Percent in
selected industries |
Percent
govern-
ment
workers
(local,
state or
federal) |
Manage-
ment,
profes-
sional, and
related occupa-
tions |
Service
occupa-
tions |
Sales
and
office occupa-
tions |
Farming,
fishing
and
forestry
occupa-
tions |
Con-
struction,
extraction,
and main-
tenance
occupa-
tions |
Production,
trans-
portation,
and
material
moving
occupa-
tions |
Agricul-
ture,
forestry,
fishing
and
hunting |
Manu-
facturing |
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36.3 |
13.7 |
27.5 |
0.1 |
8.9 |
13.5 |
0.2 |
12.1 |
22.9 |
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Households
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In
2000, the total number of households in Delhi Township was
8,563 or 6.8 percent of Ingham County. Single-family
dwellings account for 7,316 units, 2-4 family
dwellings account for 452 units and 795 units are
multiple family dwellings. In the category of
female-headed households, the Township rate of 11.9 percent
is lower than that of the County (12.1 percent). Also,
Township statistics show that families comprise 73.2
percent of the total households, exceeding Ingham County's 58.7
percent. The household size in Delhi Township has
decreased over time to 2.61 persons/household, but its rate
is still higher than the County's 2.42 persons per household. |
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