Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Manitowoc County is a  in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 82,887. Its is. The 's Manitowoc includes all of Manitowoc County.

The County Executive is Bob Ziegelbauer [mailto:bobziegelbauer@co.manitowoc.wi.us], an independent Democrat, serving his 1st term since being elected in April 2006. The county is also served by a 25 member County Board.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,869 (1,494 ). 1,532 km² (592 sq mi) of it is land and 2,337 km² (902 sq mi) of it (60.40%) is water.

Demographics


As of the of 2000, there were 82,887 people, 32,721 households, and 22,348 families residing in the county. The was 54/km² (140/sq mi). There were 34,651 housing units at an average density of 23/km² (59/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.90%, 0.30% or , 0.43% , 1.98% , 0.04% , 0.60% from , and 0.76% from two or more races. 1.62% of the population were or  of any race. 53.7% were of, 7.3% , 5.3% and 5.0%  ancestry according to. 95.2% spoke, 1.8% , 1.3% and 1.1%  as their first language.

There were 32,721 households out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.10% were living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.50% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.10 males.

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