As of the census of 2000, 7,545 people, 3,046 households, and 2,208 families resided in the county. The population density was 8 people per square mile (3/km2). The 3,540 housing units averaged 4 per square mile (1/km2). Nearly all of the county's residents (94.96%) were listed as White and 94.7% spoke English. Most of the remaining residents were listed as Hispanic or Latino (4.02%), who spoke Spanish (4.1%), Native American (0.9%), or mixed (1.44%). A few spoke German as their first language.