[5] This small county strongly leans Republican; a Democrat has not won this county in a Presidential race since Lyndon Johnson's landslide win in 1964.

[citation needed] As of the 2010 census, there were 2,072 people, 924 households, and 600 families in the county.

There were 1,336 housing units at an average density of 0.7 per square mile (0.27/km2).

In terms of ancestry, 30.9% were German, 16.7% were English, 16.1% were Irish, 10.3% were Norwegian, 6.7% were Czech, 5.0% were Danish, and 1.7% were American.

Males had a median income of $36,295 versus $29,750 for females.