Saturday, August 17, 2019

Population loss in Montana: Sheridan County/Plentywood


It all started here.

Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.  First of the series.

Source:  Wikipedia (Sheridan County, Plentywood)

Neighboring Daniels County was formed from a part of Sheridan County in 1920, hence the drop in population in Sheridan County.


Plentywood is the county seat of Sheridan County.

Population loss by degrees:  80-90%70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 20.8% - Sheridan County
  • 30.7% - Montana
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 22.6% - Sheridan County
  • 18.7% - Montana
  • 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 11.0% - Sheridan County
  • 12.5% - Montana
  • 12.3% - U.S.

Trump's America
Source:  Wikipedia
3rd-party candidates received 29.7% of vote in 1992, 17.1% of vote in 1996, 6.4% in 2016
(George Wallace received  4.7% of the vote in 1968)


Other population loss series:

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