Retiring Guy's Digest: Population loss in Texas: Stonewall County/Aspermont

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Population loss in Texas: Stonewall County/Aspermont

It all started here.

Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.

Source: Wikipedia (Stonewall County, Aspermont)

Aspermont is the county seat of Stonewall County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-90%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

12.5% - Stonewall County
28.7% - Texas
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

26.5% - Stonewall County
12.8% - Texas
15.6% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

15.3% - Stonewall County
14.7% - Texas
12.3% - U.S.

The last time Stonewall County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was 1996. Trump received 79.2% of the vote in 2016, highest ever for a GOP presidential candidate.

Stonewall County Library, Aspermont

Related reading:

With Hands and Hounds, Stalking Feral Hogs in Texas. (The New York Times, 10/29/2006)

A lot of people in rural Texas catch wild hogs, which can grow to several hundred pounds, and Mr. Richardson traps them like most others. But there is sometimes a twist to Mr. Richardson’s hunts — he spends a few nights a week cruising the dirt roads of Stonewall County, a place with more hogs than people, to run down the wild animals using only his dogs and his bare hands.