Thursday, June 6, 2019

Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Coal County


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

Source:  Wikipedia (Coal County, Coalgate)




Coalgate is the county seat of Coal County.

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



Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 16.5% - Coal County
  • 24.8% - Oklahoma
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 19.7% - Coal County
  • 15.3% - Oklahoma
  • 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Coal County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1996, when Bill Clinton won a 2nd term. In 1964, LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 38.3 percentage points, and third-party candidate George Wallace received 27.7% of the vote in 1968.


Related reading:
Once you get past places in Vermont on the list of the worst counties for Hillary Clinton so far in the primaries, you quickly arrive at Coal County, Okla., where she won just 19 percent of the vote.

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)
Washita County/New Cordell.  (5/30/2019)
Dewey County/Taloga.  (5/30/2019)
Alfalfa County/Cherokee.  (5/31/2019)
Major County/Fairview.  (5/31/2019)
Blaine County/Watonga.  (5/31/2019)
Cotton County/Walters.  (6/1/2019)

Central third
Jefferson County/Waurika.  (6/2/2019)
Grant County/Medford.  (6/3/2019)
Seminole County/Wewoka.  (6/3/2019)
Okfuskee County/Okemah.  (6/4/2019)
Hughes County/Holdenville.  (6/5/2019)

Other population loss series:

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