[4] Most people visit Oneida County to enjoy its lakes.

In particular, tourists flock to Minocqua, a town of nearly 5,000 people with a summer population around 15,000.

Oneida County is served by two public-use airports: Dolhun Field Airport is also located in the county, but it is for private use by the members of the Dolhun Field Airpark Owners Association.

The ancestry of the population was around 44.4% was of German, 8.8% Polish, 7.9% Irish, 5.2% Norwegian, and 5.2% English.

About 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.