It all started here.
Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.
Source: Wikipedia (Jefferson County, Fayette)
Fayette is the county seat in Jefferson County.
Population loss by degrees: 80-90%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
- 12.7% - Jefferson County
- 21.3% - Mississippi
- 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
- 16.9% - Jefferson County
- 15.9% - Mississippi
- 16.0% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
- 34.1% - Jefferson County
- 19.7% - Mississippi
- 11.8% - U.S.
The last time Jefferson County voted for a Republican candidate for president was in 1964, when LBJ wasn't on the ballot. Clinton received 86.5% of the vote in 2016. George Wallace received 32.9% of the vote in 1968.
Negro Candidates in Mississippi Combat ‘White Is Right’ Feeling. (The New York Times, 10/5/1971)
“I keep pushing because so many black people in Mississippi have been brainwashed for so long that they don't believe a black man can do anything. They think only white is right, no matter what, and—except for the younger people coming up—so many blacks have so little trust in their ability to do, or in the ability of their people to do.”
Other Mississippi population loss posts:
Tunica County/Tunica. (10/2/2019)
Coahoma County/Clarksdale. (10/2/2019)
Bolivar County/Cleveland. (10/3/2019)
Issaquena County/Mayersville. (10/3/2019)
Claiborne County/Port Gibson. (10/3/2019)
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