Monday, April 29, 2019

Population loss in rural Iowa: Kossuth County


Final post in series

Source:  Wikipedia (Kossuth County, Algona)


Algona is the county seat of Kossuth County.

Counties that lost 40% or more of population since peak

Related reading:
In Iowa, population declines don’t always reflect quality of life.  (Globe Gazette, 12/15/2017)
A new report from an Iowa State University sociologist identifies a dozen Iowa towns where residents believe quality of life in their community is improving at the same time the population is shrinking. 
North Iowa towns on the list include Elma in Howard County and Bancroft in Kossuth County. Others on the list: Allerton, Correctionville, Elk Horn, Everly, Grand Mound, Hamburg, Mediapolis, Pacific Junction, Radcliffe and Sac City. 

Related posts:
Greetings from Trump's America:  Pocahontas County.  (9/6/2018)

Row 1, west to east
Fremont County/Sidney.  (4/23/2019)
Page County/Clarinda.  (4/23/2019)
Taylor County/Bedford.  (4/23/2019)
Ringgold County/Mount Ayr.  (4/23/2019)
Decatur County/Leon.  (4/24/2019)
Wayne County/Corydon.  (4/24/2019)
Appanoose County/Centerville.  (4/24/2019)
Davis County/Bloomfield.  (4/24/2019)
Van Buren/Keosauqua. (4/24/2019)

Row 2, west to east
Adams County/Corning.  (4/24/2019)
Lucas County/Chariton.  (4/24/2019)
Monroe County/Albia.  (4/25/2019)

Row 3, west to east
Adair County/Greenfield.  (4/25/2019)
Keokuk County/Sigourney.  (4/25/2019)

Row 4, west to east
Audubon County/Audubon (4/26/2019)

Row 5, west to east
Monona County/Onawa.  (4/27/2019)
Greene County/Jefferson.  (4/27/2019)

Row 6, west to east
Ida County/Ida Grove.  (4/28/2019)
Sac County/Sac City.  (4/28/2019)
Calhoun County/Rockwell City.  (4/28/2019)

Row 7, west to east
Cherokee County/Cherokee.  (4/29/2019)
Pocahontas County/Pocahontas.  (4/29/2019)

Row 8, west to east
Palo Alto County/Emmetsburg.  (4/29/2019)

Greetings from Trump's America:   Kossuth County, Iowa.  (8/18/2018)

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