 The racial makeup of the county was 97.87% White, 0.73% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.71% of the population.95.3% spoke English, 1.3% German and 1.1% Spanish as their first language.