Retiring Guy's Digest: Population loss in Mississippi: Kemper County/De Kalb

Friday, October 11, 2019

Population loss in Mississippi: Kemper County/De Kalb

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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more. The last in a series.

Source: Wikipedia (Kemper County, De Kalb)

De Kalb is the county seat of Kemper 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:

13.1% - Kemper County
21.3% - Mississippi
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

20.2% - Kemper County
15.9% - Mississippi
16.0% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

29.8% - Kemper County
19.7% - Mississippi
11.8% - U.S.

The last time Kemper County voted for a Republican presidential candidate was in 1988. Clinton received 60.9% of the vote in 2016. George Wallace received 75.5% of the vote in 1968,

Kemper-Newton Regional Library System, De Kalb

Related reading:
Clean Coal, or a Dirty Shame? (The New York Times, 7/7/2019)

The Southern Company’s power plant in Kemper County, Mississippi, was supposed to prove that there could be “clean coal” by capturing and storing the carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming. But the plant is two years behind schedule, $4 billion over its $2.4 billion budget and plagued by construction problems.