2020 census As of the
2020 census, there were 12,085 people living in the county. Of the residents, 20.8% were under the age of 18 and 24.0% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 49.2 years. For every 100 females there were 103.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 101.8 males. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 100.0% lived in rural areas. The racial makeup of the county was 91.2% White, 0.1%
Black or African American, 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
Asian, 0.8% from some other race, and 6.2% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 2.4% of the population. There were 5,375 housing units, of which 8.9% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 85.2% were owner-occupied and 14.8% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.6%.
2010 census As of the
2010 census, there were 11,406 people, 4,512 households, and 3,301 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 5,055 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 95.5% white, 1.4% American Indian, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.4% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.0% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 31.3% were
German, 19.1% were
Irish, 17.2% were
English, 10.8% were
Norwegian, and 4.2% were
American. Of the 4,512 households, 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.7% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 26.8% were non-families, and 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.90. The median age was 46.2 years. The median income for a household in the county was $56,695 and the median income for a family was $67,195. Males had a median income of $50,978 versus $34,148 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,437. About 2.7% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over. ==Communities==