Sunday, May 5, 2019

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Harlan County


Source:  Wikipedia (Harlan County, Alma)


Alma is the county seat of Harlan County.

Population loss by degrees:  80-89%70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 18.7% - Harlan County
  • 30.6% - Nebraska
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 25.7% - Harlan County
  • 15.4% - Nebraska
  • 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Harlan County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1936. (Barry Goldwater won by 3.6 percentage points in 1964, and George Wallace received 9.3% of the vote in 1968.)

Related reading:
Looming crisis in health care in Nebraska.  (Kearney Hub, 4/1/2019)
The decline of rural hospitals has been a slow-moving train wreck. It now is accelerating. Since 2010, 102 rural hospitals have closed. As bad as that may seem, things are likely to get much worse, and soon. Currently, 46 percent of rural hospitals nationally operate at a loss, compared to 44 percent in 2018 and 40 percent in 2017. Due to financial strains, nearly 700 rural hospitals are financially vulnerable and at high risk of closure, representing more than one-third of rural hospitals in the U.S.

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Banner County/Harrisburg.  (4/29/2019)
Kimball County/Kimball.  (4/29/2019)
Morrill County/Bridgeport.  (4/30/2019)
Sheridan County/Rushville.  (4/30/2019)
Garden County/Oshkosh.  (4/30/2019)
Deuel County/Chappell.  (4/30/2019)
Dundy County/Benkelman.  (5/1/2019)
Perkins County/Grant.  (5/1/2019)
Arthur County/Arthur.  (5/1/2019)
Grant County/Hyannis.  (5/1/2019)
Cherry County/Valentine.  (5/2/2019)
Hooker County/Mullen.  (5/2/2019)
McPherson County/Tryon.  (5/2/2019)
Hayes County/Hayes Center.  (5/3/2019)
Hitchcock County/Trenton.  (5/3/2019)
Logan County/Stapleton.  (5/3/2019)
Keya Paha County/Springview.  (5/4/2019)
Brown County/Ainsworth.  (5/4/2019)
Custer County/Broken Bow.  (5/4/2019)
Gosper County/Elwood.  (5/4/2019)
Furnas County/Beaver City.  (5/5/2019)

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