Friday, May 10, 2019

Population loss in rural Kansas: Rawlins County


Source:  Wikipedia (Rawlins County, Atwood)


Atwood is the county seat of Rawlins County.

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


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 26.7% - Rawlins County
  • 32.3% - Kansas
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 27.8% - Rawlins County
  • 15.4% - Kansas
  • 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Rawlins County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1936. (Barry Goldwaster won by a margin of 14.7 percentage points over LBJ.  George Wallace received 8.8% of the vote in 1968.)


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

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