Forest County, Wisconsin

Forest County is a located in the  of. As of, the population was 10,024. Its is.

The and the  have reservations in Forest County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,710 (1,046 ). 2,626 km² (1,014 sq mi) of it is land and 84 km² (32 sq mi) of it (3.09%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics


As of the of 2000, there were 10,024 people, 4,043 households, and 2,769 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 8,322 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 85.86%, 11.30% , 1.18% or , 0.17% , 0.04% , 0.23% from , and 1.22% from two or more races. 1.08% of the population were or  of any race. 34.3% were of, 11.4% , 7.4% and 5.4%  ancestry according to. 95.5% spoke, 1.4% and 1.0%  as their first language.

Out of the 4,043 households, 29.20% have children under the age of 18, 54.00% have a living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.50% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals living alone, and 13.20%, of individuals of 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.89.

The age distribution in the county's population is as follows: 25.30% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 23.90% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 19.30% 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.00 males.