Friday, May 31, 2019

Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Major County


Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.  

Source:  Wikipedia (Major County, Fairview)


Fairview is the county seat of Major 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:
  • 16.7% - Major County
  • 24.8% - Oklahoma
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 20.2% - Major County
  • 15.3% - Oklahoma
  • 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Major 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 30.8 percentage points, and third-party candidate George Wallace received 10.2% of the vote in 1968.

Fairview City Library

Related reading:
The judge also split up the couple's collection of homes Monday. Sue Ann Hamm gets two houses in Oklahoma ― a $4.6 million home in Nichols Hills and an $800,000 home in Enid ― as well as the couple's $17.4 million California mansion. Harold Hamm will take their $750,000 home in Missouri and a $300,000 log cabin that sits on 154 acres in Major County, Oklahoma.


Other Oklahoma population loss posts:
Western third
Beaver County/Beaver.  (5/27/2019)
Harper County/Buffalo. (5/28/2019)
Ellis County/Arnett.  (5/28/2019)
Roger Mills/Cheyenne.  (5/28/2019)
Greer County/Mangum.  (5/29/2019)
Harmon County/Hollis.  (5/29/2019)
Tillman County/Frederick.  (5/29/2019)
Kiowa County/Hobart.  (5/30/2019)
Washita County/New Cordell.  (5/30/2019)
Dewey County/Taloga.  (5/30/2019)
Alfalfa County/Cherokee.  (5/31/2019)

Other population loss series:
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