Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.
Source: Wikipedia (Chicot County, Lake Village)
Lake Village is the county seat of Chicot County.
Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.
Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
- 13.2% - Chicot County
- 22.0% - Arkansas
- 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
- 19.6% - Chicot County
- 16.6% - Arkansas
- 15.6% - U.S.
Chicot County has voted for a Republican candidate for president three times -- in 1900, 1908, and 1972.
Gatewood Memorial Library, Lake Village
Related reading:
The Chicot County Race War of 1871. (Encyclopedia of Arkansas)
Other Arkansas population loss posts:
Lee County/Marianna. (6/12/2019)
Phillips County/Helena-West Helena. (6/13/2019)
Desha County/Arkansas City. (6/16/2019)
Other population loss series:
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