It all started here.
Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.
Source: Wikipedia (Haskell County, Haskell)
Haskell is the county seat of Haskell County.
Population loss by degrees: 80-90%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
- 12.3% - Haskell County
- 28.7% - Texas
- 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
- 22.0% - Haskell County
- 12.8% - Texas
- 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
- 20.6% - Haskell County
- 14.7% - Texas
- 12.3% - U.S.
The last time Haskell County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was 1996. Trump received 79.3% of the vote in 2016, highest ever for a GOP presidential candidate.
Related reading:
Paint Creek, the Town Perry Left Behind. (The New York Times, 9/18/2011)In the early 1960s, at a tiny, rural school here in the rugged plains of West Texas, little Ricky Perry waged his first campaign. Seeking the office of Halloween King, he stocked up on penny candy at Ma’s convenience store and then doled it out to classmates.
“It was Rick’s first victory, and he won it with payola,” Wallar Overton, his old scoutmaster’s son, said with a chuckle.
Other Texas population loss posts:
Wheeler County/Wheeler. (9/12/2019)
Donley County/Clarendon. (9/13/2019)
Collingsworth County/Wellington. (9/13/2019)
Childress County/Childress. (9/14/2019)
Hall County/Memphis. (9/14/2019)
Briscoe County/Silverton. (9/15/2019)
Floyd County/Floydada. (9/15/2019)
Motley County/Matador. (9/16/2019)
Cottle County/Paducah. (9/16/2019)
Foard County/Crowell. (9/17/2019)
Hardeman County/Quanah. (9/17/2019)
Wilbarger County/Vernon. (9/18/2019)
Cochran County/Morton. (9/18/2019)
Dickens County/Dickens. (9/19/2019)
King County/Guthrie. (9/19/2019)
Knox County/Benjamin. (9/20/2019)
Baylor County/Seymour. (9/20/2019)
Red River County/Clarksville. (9/21/2019)
Throckmorton County/Throckmorton. (9/21/2019)
Population loss series:Wheeler County/Wheeler. (9/12/2019)
Donley County/Clarendon. (9/13/2019)
Collingsworth County/Wellington. (9/13/2019)
Childress County/Childress. (9/14/2019)
Hall County/Memphis. (9/14/2019)
Briscoe County/Silverton. (9/15/2019)
Floyd County/Floydada. (9/15/2019)
Motley County/Matador. (9/16/2019)
Cottle County/Paducah. (9/16/2019)
Foard County/Crowell. (9/17/2019)
Hardeman County/Quanah. (9/17/2019)
Wilbarger County/Vernon. (9/18/2019)
Cochran County/Morton. (9/18/2019)
Dickens County/Dickens. (9/19/2019)
King County/Guthrie. (9/19/2019)
Knox County/Benjamin. (9/20/2019)
Baylor County/Seymour. (9/20/2019)
Red River County/Clarksville. (9/21/2019)
Throckmorton County/Throckmorton. (9/21/2019)
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