2020 census As of the
2020 census, the county had a population of 4,217. Of the residents, 23.3% were under the age of 18 and 23.4% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 44.7 years. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.6 males. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 100.0% lived in rural areas. The racial makeup of the county was 83.6% White, 0.1%
Black or African American, 8.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
Asian, 1.2% from some other race, and 6.7% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 2.7% of the population. There were 2,229 housing units, of which 20.6% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 74.2% were owner-occupied and 25.8% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.8%.
2010 census As of the
2010 census, there were 4,253 people, 1,819 households, and 1,159 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 2,335 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 87.0% white, 8.3% American Indian, 0.2% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 4.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 26.2% were
Norwegian, 24.3% were
German, 13.4% were
Irish, 10.1% were
American, and 9.0% were
English. Of the 1,819 households, 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.3% were non-families, and 32.2% 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 46.8 years. The median income for a household in the county was $36,453 and the median income for a family was $55,362. Males had a median income of $41,826 versus $26,417 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,227. About 11.4% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over. ==Politics==