Wood County, Wisconsin

Wood County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 75,555. Its is. The 's Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield includes all of Wood County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,096 (809 ). 2,053 km² (793 sq mi) of it is land and 43 km² (17 sq mi) of it (2.06%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics


As of the of 2000, there were 75,555 people, 30,135 households, and 20,491 families residing in the county. The was 37/km² (95/sq mi). There were 31,691 housing units at an average density of 15/km² (40/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.43%, 0.27% or , 0.70% , 1.61% , 0.01% , 0.30% from , and 0.69% from two or more races. 0.94% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 30,135 households out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.70% were living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.00% were non-families. 27.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.00 males.

Resources
Six foundation volumes that document and present the early history of Dane, Sauk, Wood, and Portage Counties. Titles include: Durrie, Daniel S. (Daniel Steele), 1819-1892 A History of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin; Including the Four Lake Country (1874), A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin: Volume I (1918), A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin: Volume II (1918), Jones, George O. History of Wood County, Wisconsin (1923), Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns; Being a History and Guide to Places of Scenic Beauty and Historical Note ...(1877), and Rosholt, Malcolm Leviatt, 1907- Our County, our Story; Portage County, Wisconsin (1959). A digital collection of books, pamphlets and photographs from Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County and central Wisconsin. Titles include: 100 years of pictorial & descriptive history of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin by T. A. [Theodore Asa] Taylor (1939); History of Wood County, Wisconsin compiled by George O. Jones (1923); Grand Rapids : descriptive of Grand Rapids, Wood County, and the Wisconsin River by A. Decker (1907); Along the Wisconsin River : descriptive of the Wisconsin River Valley, its resources, industries and opportunities by A. Decker (1907); Art work of the Wisconsin River Valley (1901); Central Wisconsin's railroads : past and future by Ray Specht (1981); and Wood County place names by Robert S. Rudolph.
 * Local Histories of Dane, Portage, Wood, and Sauk Counties :
 * Wisconsin Rapids & Wood County History