Retiring Guy's Digest: Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Coal County

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%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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.

Coal County Public Library, Coalgate

Related reading:

Where Democrats Like Hillary Clinton the Least (Besides Vermont). (The New York Times, 5/9/2016)

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

Cimarron County/Boise City. (5/27/2019)

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)