n orth west ) ▁ ▁Major ▁high ways ▁S ources : ▁ ▁National ▁Atlas , ▁U . S . ▁Census ▁Bureau ▁ ▁Inter state ▁ 3 5 ▁ ▁U . S . ▁Route ▁ 5 0 ▁ ▁U . S . ▁Route ▁ 7 5 ▁ ▁K - 3 1 ▁ ▁K - 5 8 ▁ ▁National ▁protected ▁area ▁ ▁Fl int ▁Hills ▁National ▁Wild life ▁Ref uge ▁( part ) ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁▁▁▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census , ▁there ▁were ▁ 8 , 8 6 5 ▁people , ▁ 3 , 4 8 9 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 , 4 7 7 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁county . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 4 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 5 / km ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 3 , 8 7 6 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 6 ▁per ▁square   mile ▁( 2 / km ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁was ▁ 9 6 . 9 5 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 2 5 % ▁Black ▁or ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 5 2 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 0 . 3 4 % ▁Asian , ▁ 0 . 0 1 % ▁Pacific ▁Island er , ▁ 0 . 5 0 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 1 . 4 3 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Lat ino ▁of ▁any ▁race ▁were ▁