Retiring Guy's Digest: 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:

Oklahoma oil tycoon to pay ex-wife nearly $1 billion in divorce. (New York Daily News, 11/11/2014)

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

Cimarron County/Boise City. (5/27/2019)

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:

Detroit metro.