The city of Saginaw is adjacent to the township to the southeast, but is administratively autonomous.

The township is also a component of the Saginaw Metropolitan Statistical Area and the greater Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Combined Statistical Area in the Mid/Central Michigan region.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 39,657 people, 17,096 households, and 10,685 families residing in the township.

There were 17,859 housing units at an average density of 724.5 per square mile (279.7/km2).

31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.