Thursday, May 30, 2019

Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Washita County


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

Source:  Wikipedia (Washita County, New Cordell)


New Cordell is the county seat of Washita County.

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


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 21.5% - Washita County
  • 24.8% - Oklahoma
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 18.0% - Washita County
  • 15.3% - Oklahoma
  • 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Washita County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1996, when Bill Clinton won a second term in office. In 1964, LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 21.8 percentage points, and third-party candidate George Wallace received 16.4% of the vote in 1968.


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)

Other population loss series:

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