Certain groups like Iowa even more than the general population: At least 85 percent of Republicans, Catholics and people aged 65 and older want to stay in Iowa. People in rural areas prefer staying in the Hawkeye state at a higher rate than any other group, at 87 percent.
The biggest loser, rural Adams County has lost 73% of its population since 1900. It now has as many residents now as it did during the decade of the Civil War.
Source: Wikipedia
Persons 65 and older:
- 22.8% Adams County
- 16.7% Iowa
- 15.8% U.S.
The second biggest loser, rural Monroe County has lost 69% of its population since 1920.
Source: Wikipedia
Persons 65 and older:
- 19.6% Monroe County
- 16.7% Iowa
- 15.8% U.S.
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UPDATE. Iowa counties with 50% or more population loss vote overwhelmingly for Trump. (1114/2016)
Original 2/25/2019 post starts here.
What they say
More than three-fourths — 77 percent — of Iowans say they would prefer to live in Iowa if they could choose to live here or in some other state, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
That number is up 5 percentage points from when the Iowa Poll last asked the question in July 2017. It's also the highest number in the five times the poll has asked the question since 1978, more than 40 years ago.What they do
The National Movers Study, conducted by the moving company United Van Lines since 1977, tracks customers' state-to-state migration patterns, and ranks Iowa 8th on the list of most moved-from states in 2018. The company lists various reasons why, such as jobs, family, health and retirement.
Keeping Iowa's Young Folks at Home After They've Seen Minnesota. (The New York Times, 2/9/2005)
Iowans are resolutely practical about such proposals. One state legislator, quoted in The Minneapolis Star Tribune, said: "Let's face it. Des Moines will never be Minneapolis." He might have added that Council Bluffs would never be Kansas City. Another Iowan, when asked what the state needed to keep its young people, said, "An ocean would help." This is the kind of big thinking Iowa has always been famous for.
2015 college grads to continue exodus trend from Iowa. (Des Moines Regsiter, 5/10/2015)
Iowans are moving out. (Iowa Public Radio, 1/3/2017)
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