Editing Dodge County, Wisconsin (section)

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|census of 2000]],<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=May 14, 2011 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> there were 85,897 people, 31,417 households, and 22,313 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|97|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 33,672 housing units at an average density of {{convert|38|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 95.28% White, 2.49% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. 2.55% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Ancestry-wise, 56.2% were of [[German people|German]], 8.7% [[Irish people|Irish]], 5.0% [[English people|English]], 4.2% [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] and 3.9% selected "[[American ancestry|United States or American]]" ancestry. 95.4% spoke [[English language|English]], 2.2% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and 2.0% other [[Indo-European languages]] as their language spoken at home.<ref name= "DP1 and DP2">{{cite web|url= http://censtats.census.gov/data/WI/05055027.pdf|title= Dodge County, Wisconsin Demographics tables DP-1, DP-2 Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000|website= US Census|year= 2000|access-date=December 7, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080706165605/http://censtats.census.gov/data/WI/05055027.pdf|archive-date=July 6, 2008|url-status= dead}}</ref>

There were 31,417 households, out of which 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.60% were married couples living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.05.<ref name= "DP1 and DP2" />

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.80% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 31.20% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 109.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.80 males.

In 2017, there were 758 births, giving a general fertility rate of 54.0 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the 12th lowest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publication/p01161-2019-tb.xlsx |title=Annual Wisconsin Birth and Infant Mortality Report, 2017 P-01161-19 (June 2019): Detailed Tables |access-date=June 19, 2019 |archive-date=June 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619175940/https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publication/p01161-2019-tb.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref>