Population loss in rural Kansas: Elk County

As in major -- 50% or more.

Source:  Wikipedia (Elk County, Howard)

Howard is the county seat of Elk 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:

• 15.8% - Elk County
• 32.3% - Kansas
• 30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

• 28.7% - Elk County
• 15.4% - Kansas
• 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Elk County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1932, when FDR won his 1st of 4 terms.  In 1964, Barry Goldwater beat LBJ by 12 percentage points and third-party candidate George Wallace received 10.9% of the vote in 1968.  

Howard City Library

Related reading:
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback seeks incentives to attract people to urban areas.  (Kansas City Star, 1/27/2015)

Elk County southeast of Wichita has just six people participating in the loan subsidy program. Elk County’s population plunged about 12 percent during the last decade. In the last four years, the county’s population is down about 8 percent. County Commissioner K.R. Liebau doesn’t believe the financial incentives will halt the county’s population slide. “The only thing that could reverse the loss of our population,” he said, “would be some kind of industry.”

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)
Barber County/Medicine Lodge.  (5/15/2019)
Stafford County/St. John.  (5/16/2019)
Osborne County/Osborne.  (5/17/2019)
Smith County/Smith Center.  (5/17/2019)

East central
Jewell County/Mankato.  (5/18/2019)
Mitchell County/Beloit.  (5/18/2019)
Lincoln County/Lincoln Center.  (5/18/2019)
Harper County/Anthony.  (5/19/2019
Ottawa County/Minneapolis.  (5/18/2019)
Cloud County/Concordia.  (5/19/2019)
Republic County/Belleville.  (5/19/2019)
Washington County/Washington.  (5/19/2019)
Clay County/Clay Center.  (5/19/2019)
Chase County/Cottonwood Falls.  (5/20/2019)
Morris County/Council Grove.  (5/20/2019)

East
Marshall County/Marysville.  (5/20/2019)
Greenwood County/Eureka.  (5/21/2019)

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