Saturday, May 11, 2019

Population loss in rural Kansas: Decatur County


Source:  Wikipedia (Dccatur County, Oberlin)


Oberlin is the county seat of Decatur County.

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


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 21.9% - Decatur County
  • 32.3% - Kansas
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 27.7% - Decatur County
  • 15.4% - Kansas
  • 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Decatur County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1936. (Barry Goldwaster won by a margin of 2.5 percentage points over LBJ.  George Wallace received 8.4% of the vote in 1968.)


Other Kansas population loss posts:
Cheyenne County/St. Francis.  (5/10/2019)
Rawlins County/Atwood.  (5/10/2019)

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