2020 census As of the
2020 census, the county had a population of 2,023. Of the residents, 18.6% were under the age of 18 and 28.5% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 51.4 years. For every 100 females there were 107.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 109.0 males. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 100.0% lived in rural areas. The racial makeup of the county was 93.7% White, 0.4%
Black or African American, 0.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
Asian, 0.9% from some other race, and 4.5% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 2.4% of the population. There were 912 households in the county, of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 18.5% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,248 housing units, of which 26.9% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 77.6% were owner-occupied and 22.4% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.1%.
2010 census As of the
2010 census, there were 2,072 people, 924 households, and 600 families in the county. The population density was . There were 1,336 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 98.3% white, 0.8% American Indian, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 30.9% were
German, 16.7% were
English, 16.1% were
Irish, 10.3% were
Norwegian, 6.7% were
Czech, 5.0% were
Danish, and 1.7% were
American. Of the 924 households, 24.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 35.1% were non-families, and 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.80. The median age was 48.3 years. The median income for a household in the county was $41,473 and the median income for a family was $54,479. Males had a median income of $36,295 versus $29,750 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,029. About 6.4% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. ==Politics==