Population loss in rural Nebraska: Boone County

Source:  Wikipedia (Boone County, Albion)

Albion is the county seat of Boone 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:

• 19.8% - Boone County
• 30.6% - Nebraska
• 30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

• 22.0% - Boone County
• 15.4% - Nebraska
• 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Boone County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1964. (LBJ won by a margin of 0.4 percentage points over Barry Goldwater in 1964.  George Wallace received 8.6% of the vote in 1968.)

Albion Public Library

Related reading:

As rural hospitals shutter nationwide, health care in the heartland appears to be in critical condition.  (Live Well Nebraska, 3/6/2016)

When Victor Lee, the CEO of Boone County Health Center in Albion, Nebraska, looks over the vast landscape of health care in rural America, he sees alarming trends. 

Dozens of rural hospitals across the country have recently closed, including one in Nebraska. His own books show declining margins, falling federal reimbursements and ever-growing amounts of care delivered to patients with no health insurance or ability to pay. 

Unless something is done, Lee sees a bleak outlook for health care in the heartland.

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