Monday, September 2, 2019

Population loss in Colorado: Mineral County/Creede


It all started here.

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

Source:  Wikipedia (Mineral County, Creede)


Creede is the county seat of Mineral County.

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


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 39.3% - Mineral County
  • 39.4% - Colorado
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 31.2% - Mineral County
  • 14.2% - Colorado
  • 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   8.5% - Mineral County
  • 10.3% - Colorado
  • 12.3% - U.S.

Republican, but not exactly Trump's America.

Source:  Wikipedia
3rd-party candidates received 26.5% of vote in 1992, 17% of vote in 1996, 10.9% in 2016
(George Wallace received 8.7% of the vote in 1968.)
Related reading:

Other Colorado population loss posts:
Sedgwick County/Julesburg.  (8/28/2019)
Washington County/Akron.  (8/29/2019)
Cheyenne County/Cheyenne Wells.  (8/30/2019)
Kiowa County/Eads.  (8/31/2019)
Baca County/Springfield.  (8/31/2019)
Las Animas County/Trinidad.  (9/1/2019)
Huerfano County/Walsenburg.  (9/1/2019)

Other population loss series:

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