Population loss in rural Nebraska: Sherman County

Source:  Wikipedia (Sherman County, Loup City)

Loup City is the county seat of Sherman 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:

• 18.3% - Sherman  County
• 30.6% - Nebraska
• 30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

• 26.2% - Sherman  County
• 15.4% - Nebraska
• 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Sherman County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1976. (LBJ crushed Goldwater by 36.4 percentage points in 1964, but George Wallace received 9.1% of the vote in 1968.)

Loup City Public Library

Photo credit:  Nebraska Library Commission

Related reading:

Hadley has idea to stop rural population loss.  (Kearney Hub, 9/15/2011)

A Kansas program that offers tax breaks and college-loan payments to people who move to rural parts of the state could be on its way to Nebraska.  

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The program waives state income taxes — roughly $1,800 annually for the average taxpayer — for up to five years if a person moves to one of the rural counties from out-of-state. Residents must not have lived in Kansas within the last five years or earned more than $10,000 from an in-state source, and the program sunsets in 2017.

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