Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.
Source: Wikipedia (Calhoun County, Hampton)
Hampton is the county seat of Calhoun County.
Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.
Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
- 12.3% - Calhoun County
- 22.0% - Arkansas
- 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
- 21.1% - Calhoun County
- 16.6% - Arkansas
- 15.6% - U.S.
Calhoun County voted consistently Democratic until the 1968 election, when third-party candidate George Wallace won 55.5% of the vote. The county has voted Republican 7 of 9 times since 1984, native son Bill Clinton winning in 1992 and 1996.
Calhoun County Library, Hampton
Photo credit: South Arkansas Sun
Related reading:
Hampton Race War of 1892. (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. (6/15/2019)
Chicot County/Lake Village. (6 /16/2019)
Lafayette County/Lewisville. (6/17/2019)
Woodruff County/Augusta. (6/18/2019)
Monroe County/Clarendon. (6/19/2019)
Other population loss series:
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