Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Population loss in Texas: Shackelford County/Albany


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

Source:  Wikipedia (Shackelford County, Albany)


Albany is the county seat of Shackelford 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:
  • 27.4% - Shackelford County
  • 28.7% - Texas
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 20.4% - Shackelford County
  • 12.8% - Texas
  • 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 14.2% - Shackelford County
  • 14.7% - Texas
  • 12.3% - U.S.

The last time Shackelford County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was 1976.  Trump received 91.6% of the vote in 2016, the highest for any GOP presidential candidate.


Shackelford County Library, Albany
Related reading:
The Cowboy, Man and Myth Alike, Is Alive and Well in Northern Texas.  (The New York Times, 4/1/1987)
The relatively few spreads large enough to hire hands are mostly in North Texas and the Panhandle, where the cowboy tradition survives on ranches like the Nail, Lambshead, 6666, Waggoner and Pitchfork. It takes only five men, for example, to run the Nail Ranch near here, whose 100 square miles, or 10 sections, cover a tenth of Shackelford County. The foreman, George Peacock, a 52-year-old third-generation cowboy, is the one who ''haars'' members of this crew, who ride herd on 1,200 to 1,500 head of cattle.

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)
Haskell County/Haskell.  (9/22/2019)
Stonewall County/Aspermont.  (9/22/2019)
Kent County/Jayton.  (9/23/2019)
Lynn County/Tahoka.  (9/23/2019)
Borden County/Gail.  (9/24/2019)
Fisher County/Roby.  (9/24/2019)

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