2020 census As of the
2020 census, the county had a population of 1,173. Of the residents, 23.5% were under the age of 18 and 28.0% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 44.9 years. For every 100 females there were 101.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 102.0 males. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 100.0% lived in rural areas. The racial makeup of the county was 96.0% White, 0.0%
Black or African American, 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
Asian, 0.5% from some other race, and 2.4% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.2% of the population. There were 509 households in the county, of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 20.0% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 795 housing units, of which 36.0% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 76.4% were owner-occupied and 23.6% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 11.6%.
2010 census As of the
2010 census, there were 1,206 people, 532 households, and 347 families living in the county. The population density was . There were 844 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 98.6% white, 0.4% American Indian, 0.2% black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 0.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 33.3% were
German, 16.9% were
Irish, 15.0% were
Norwegian, 13.3% were
English, 10.5% were
American, 8.1% were
Swedish, and 7.4% were
Scottish. Of the 532 households, 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.8% were non-families, and 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age was 46.4 years. The median income for a household in the county was $42,955 and the median income for a family was $54,375. Males had a median income of $37,813 versus $19,286 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,424. About 8.1% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over. ==Politics==