Retiring Guy's Digest: Population loss in Texas: Foard County/Crowell

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Population loss in Texas: Foard County/Crowell

It all started here.

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

Source: Wikipedia (Foard County, Crowell)

Crowell is the county seat of Foard County.

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

16.7% - Foard County
28.7% - Texas
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

26.3% - Foard County
12.8% - Texas
15.6% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

18.0% - Foard County
14.7% - Texas
12.3% - U.S.

The last time Foard County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was 1996. Trump received 74.7% of the vote in 2016.

Foard County Library, Crowell

Related reading:
Rural Foard County is a part of Texas the boom bypassed. (The Eagle, 9/10/2015)

Almost all have seen decades of decline due to fundamental changes in the way people live and work. Economies of scale became the norm. And the old ways of life — scratching out a living on the family farm, mostly — eventually proved too difficult to sustain the population.

They exist far from the interstates, far from the job centers, far from the booming suburbs in Collin and Denton counties or the stretch of I-35 between Austin and San Antonio. People don't move to Foard County to find a good-paying job.

Instead, they live beneath a sky so filled with stars they seem uncountable. They know their neighbors. Their kids can be good friends with everyone in their class and maybe everyone in their school. And they remain what most of Texas once was.