Vilas County, Wisconsin

Vilas County is a  in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 21,033. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,636 (1,018 ). 2,263 km² (874 sq mi) of it is land and 373 km² (144 sq mi) of it (14.16%) is water. There are 1,318 lakes in the county.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics


As of the of 2000, there were 21,033 people, 9,066 households, and 6,300 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (24/sq mi). There were 22,397 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (26/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 89.69%, 0.20% or , 9.08% , 0.18% , 0.01% , 0.19% from , and 0.65% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were or  of any race. 37.8% were of, 7.9% , 6.6% and 5.3%  ancestry according to. 95.9% spoke, 1.3% and 1.2%  as their first language.

There were 9,066 households out of which 23.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.40% were living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the county, the population was spread out with 20.70% under the age of 18, 5.00% from 18 to 24, 23.10% from 25 to 44, 28.50% from 45 to 64, and 22.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 99.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.80 males.

History
Governor Tommy Thompson was ordered by a federal court to mobilize hundreds of policemen to keep the peace in Vilas County in 1989 during the. Vilas County residents massed in angry throngs to interfere with long-time residents who had gained recognition for their natural resource management jurisdiction off of a federal ethnic reservation, throwing rocks and trying to capsize boats from which families gathered their annual quota of fish.