Vernon County, Wisconsin

Vernon County is a  in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 28,056. Its is.

History
Vernon County was renamed from Bad Axe County in 1862. Bad Axe County had been formed 11 years before, from portions of Richland and Crawford counties.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,114 (816 ). 2,059 km² (795 sq mi) of it is land and 56 km² (22 sq mi) of it (2.64%) is water.

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Demographics


As of the of 2000, there were 28,056 people, 10,825 households, and 7,501 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (35/sq mi). There were 12,416 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.81%, 0.06% or , 0.15% , 0.21% , 0.01% , 0.27% from , and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population were or  of any race. 90.9% spoke, 3.5% , 1.8% , 1.2% and 1.0%  as their first language.

There were 10,825 households out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were living together, 6.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.70% were non-families. 26.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.40% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.