Monday, May 27, 2019

Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Beaver County


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

Source:  Wikipedia (Beaver County, Beaver)


Beaver is the county seat of Beaver County.

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


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 19.9% - Beaver County
  • 24.8% - Oklahoma
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 19.6% - Beaver County
  • 15.3% - Oklahoma
  • 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Beaver County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1948, when Harry Truman beat Thomas Dewey by 5.8 percentage points.  In 1964, Barry Goldwater beat LBJ by 13.6 percentage points, and third-party candidate George Wallace received 11.0% of the vote in 1968.

Other Oklahoma population loss posts:
Western third
Cimarron County/Boise City.  (5/27/2019)

Other population loss series:
Detroit metro.
Iowa.
Kansas.
Nebraska.
Ohio.
Pennsylvania.

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