Population loss in rural Kansas: Barber County

As in major -- 50% or more.

Source:  Wikipedia (Barber County, Medicine Lodge)

Medicine Lodge is the county seat of Barber County.

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

• 19.9% - Barber County
• 32.3% - Kansas
• 30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

• 22.1% - Barber County
• 15.4% - Kansas
• 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Barber County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1964. when LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 2.4 percentage points.  George Wallace received 8.7% of the vote in 1968.

Lincoln Library, Medicine Lodge

Related reading:

Kansas farmers traveling a hard road back to the 1980s.  (Wichita Eagle, 3/18/2017)

“Sedgwick County is fine, Johnson County is fine, Douglas County, Shawnee, but when you get over to Barber County, it’s stark.”

Other Kansas population loss posts:
West
Cheyenne County/St. Francis.  (5/10/2019)
Rawlins County/Atwood.  (5/10/2019)
Decatur County/Oberlin.  (5/11/2019)
Sheridan County/Hoxie.  (5 /12/2019)
Gove County/Gove City.  (5/12/2019)
Lane County/Dighton.  (5/12/2019)

West central
Clark County/Ashland. (5/13/2019)
Hodgeman County/Jetmore.  (5/13/2019)
Ness County/Ness City.  (5 /13/2019)
Trego County/WaKeeney.  (5/13/2019)
Graham County/Hill City.  (5/13/2019)
Norton County/Norton.  (5/13/2019)
Phillips County/Phillipsburg.  (5/14/2019)
Rooks County/Plainville.  (5/14/2019)
Edwards County/Kinsley.  (5/14/2019)
Kiowa County/Greensburg.  (5/14/2019)
Comanche County/Coldwater.  (5/15/2019)

Other population loss series:
Detroit metro.
Iowa.
Nebraska.
Ohio.
Pennsylvania.