Retiring Guy's Digest: 2019-04-28

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Check out the latest nonsense from Trump Official Polling Team

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Y'all remember Don Martin, right?

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Gosper County

Source: Wikipedia (Gosper County, Elwood)

Elwood is the county seat of Gosper County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

24.1% - Gosper County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

23.2% - Gosper County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Gosper County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1932. (Barry Goldwater won by 3.3 percentage points in 1964, and George Wallace received 5.8% of the vote in 1968.)

Elwood Public Library

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Banner County/Harrisburg. (4/29/2019)
Kimball County/Kimball. (4/29/2019)
Morrill County/Bridgeport. (4/30/2019)
Sheridan County/Rushville. (4/30/2019)
Garden County/Oshkosh. (4/30/2019)
Deuel County/Chappell. (4/30/2019)
Dundy County/Benkelman. (5/1/2019)
Perkins County/Grant. (5/1/2019)
Arthur County/Arthur. (5/1/2019)
Grant County/Hyannis. (5/1/2019)
Cherry County/Valentine. (5/2/2019)
Hooker County/Mullen. (5/2/2019)
McPherson County/Tryon. (5/2/2019)
Hayes County/Hayes Center. (5/3/2019)
Hitchcock County/Trenton. (5/3/2019)
Logan County/Stapleton. (5/3/2019)
Keya Paha County/Springview. (5/4/2019)
Brown County/Ainsworth. (5/4/2019)
Custer County/Broken Bow. (5/4/2019)

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Custer County

Source: Wikipedia (Custer County, Broken Bow)

Broken Bow is the county seat of Custer County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

21.7% - Custer County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

22.0% - Custer County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Custer County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1932. (Barry Goldwater won by 6 percentage points in 1964, and George Wallace received 6.5% of the vote in 1968.)

Broken Bow Public Library

Related reading:

School Consolidation in Nebraska: EconomicEfficiency vs. Rural Community Life. (Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy, 2011)

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Blaine County

Source: Wikipedia (Blaine County, Brewster)

Brewster is the county seat of Blaine County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

24.2% - Blaine County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

24.1% - Blaine County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Blaine County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1932. (Barry Goldwater won by 25.2 percentage points in 1964, and George Wallace received 5.8% of the vote in 1968.)

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Brown County

Source: Wikipedia (Brown County, Ainsworth)

Ainsworth is the county seat of Brown County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

18.2% - Brown County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

25.2% - Brown County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Brown County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1932. (Barry Goldwater won by 18 percentage points in 1964, and George Wallace received 8.7% of the vote in 1968.)

Ainsworth Public Library

Related reading:

Residents focused on enhancing quality of life. (Norfolk Daily News, 10/25/2017)

Brown County has many other positives in its own right. The Sandhills are considered to be one of the most beautiful regions of Nebraska, while others prefer the county’s insulation urban areas. The county also offers many other amenities, including a solid selection of restaurants and a hospital.

Friday, May 3, 2019

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Thomas County

Source: Wikipedia (Thomas County, Thedford)

Thedford is the county seat of Thomas County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

29.0% - Thomas County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

24.6% - Thomas County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Thomas County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1936. (Barry Goldwater won by 20.2 percentage points in 1964, and George Wallace received 6.7% of the vote in 1968.)

Thomas County Library, Thedford

Photo credit: Nebraska Library Commission

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Logan County

Source: Wikipedia (Logan County, Stockville)

Stapleton is the county seat of Logan County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

22.7% - Logan County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

21.5% - Logan County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Logan County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1964. (George Wallace received 9.9% of the vote in 1968.)

Logan County Library, Stapleton

Photo credit: Nebraska Library Commission

Related reading:

Comparing Nebraska Population Change by Race and Ethnicity. (Uniersity of Nebraska-Omaha, 9/17/2017)

When studying population change in Nebraska during the 2000s decade, it is clear that county level changes were far from uniform. While the state increased by about 115,000 people, only 24 of the state’s 93 counties experienced a population gain. Nearly 75% of Nebraska’s counties had a population decline during the decade, one of the largest such percentages of counties among all states in the Midwest and Great Plains areas of the United States.

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Sioux County/Harrison. (4/29/2019)
Banner County/Harrisburg. (4/29/2019)
Kimball County/Kimball. (4/29/2019)
Morrill County/Bridgeport. (4/30/2019)
Sheridan County/Rushville. (4/30/2019)
Garden County/Oshkosh. (4/30/2019)
Deuel County/Chappell. (4/30/2019)
Dundy County/Benkelman. (5/1/2019)
Perkins County/Grant. (5/1/2019)
Arthur County/Arthur. (5/1/2019)
Grant County/Hyannis. (5/1/2019)
Cherry County/Valentine. (5/2/2019)
Hooker County/Mullen. (5/2/2019)
McPherson County/Tryon. (5/2/2019)
Hayes County/Hayes Center. (5/3/2019)
Hitchcock County/Trentonhttps://paulsnewsline.blogspot.com/2019/05/population-loss-in-rural-nebraska_3.html. (5/3/2019)

Dear William Barr, PIease re-read your job description. Best, Retiring Guy

You do not serve as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

Source: The United States Department of Justice

Related reading:

William Barr Is Acting as Trump’s Defense Lawyer, Not Attorney General. (The Nation, 5/1/2019)
If William Barr is Trump’s lawyer, then who’s representing America? (Los Angeles Times, 5/2/2019)

GET ME REWRITE: Who will defend Ward, June, Wally, and the Beaver? (part 3)

The op-ed that keeps on giving.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Young adult are waiting longer to get married, ergo, thi will obviously result in more never-married adults.

Rising Share of Never-Married Adults, 1960-2012

Pew Research

Since Helen is cherry-picking here, I'll add some context from Pew.

But delayed marriage may not explain all of the drop-off. The share of Americans who have never married has been rising steadily in recent decades. At the same time, more adults are living with a partner instead of marrying and raising children outside of marriage. Marriage rates are also more closely linked to socio-economic status than ever before, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau da that shows that the education gap in marital status has continued to widen. (Trends in the Share of Never-Married Americans and a Look Forward, 9/24/2014)

Source: As U.S. marriage rate hovers at 50%, education gap in marital status widens. (Pew Research Center, 9/17/2017)

5/1/2019 update.

More from our supply and demand pundit, Helen Andrews, as opined in "Who Will Defend the American Family?"

The mass entry of women into the work force is one reason for this financial insecurity. Ms. Warren said as much in her book, [Ms. Andrews source? Tucker Carlson] although she has since backed away from such a politically explosive suggestion. Those of us who don’t have a Democratic primary ahead of us can say what she won’t: When mothers started entering paid employment in large numbers in the 1970s, it led to a bidding war over middle-class amenities that left everyone paying more for the privilege of being no better off than before.

Throughout this op-ed piece, she offers nothing to back up her pronouncements.

I don't see any evidence of a mass entry in this graph.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

The percentage of men and women in the civilian work force has remained stable during the past 3 decades.

Word of the day

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Op-ed piece by Helen Adams in the 4/28/2019 Sunday Review section of The New York Times.

Photo credit: Muck Rake

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Reported in With heroes including Donald Trump, meet conservatism's new, telegenic talking heads. (Sydney Morning Herald, 4/8/2017)

Helen Andrews word of the day

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Frontier County

Source: Wikipedia (Frontier County, Stockville)

Stockville is the county seat of Frontier County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

19.5% - Frontier County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

23.2% - Frontier County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Frontier County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1932. (Barry Goldwater won by 12.9 percentage points in 1964, and George Wallace received 9.3% of the vote in 1968.)

Klyte Burt Memorial Library, Curtis

Related reading:

Nebraska’s Rural Population: Growth and Decline by Age. (Rural Futures Institute at the University of Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln, September 2015)

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Banner County/Harrisburg. (4/29/2019)
Kimball County/Kimball. (4/29/2019)
Morrill County/Bridgeport. (4/30/2019)
Sheridan County/Rushville. (4/30/2019)
Garden County/Oshkosh. (4/30/2019)
Deuel County/Chappell. (4/30/2019)
Dundy County/Benkelman. (5/1/2019)
Perkins County/Grant. (5/1/2019)
Arthur County/Arthur. (5/1/2019)
Grant County/Hyannis. (5/1/2019)
Cherry County/Valentine. (5/2/2019)
Hooker County/Mullen. (5/2/2019)
McPherson County/Tryon. (5/2/2019)
Hayes County/Hayes Center. (5/3/2019)
Hitchcock County/Trentonhttps://paulsnewsline.blogspot.com/2019/05/population-loss-in-rural-nebraska_3.html. (5/3/2019)

Population loss in rural Nebraska: Hitchcock County

Source: Wikipedia (Hitchcock County, Trenton)

Trenton is the county seat of Hitchcock County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

17.4% - Hitchcock County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

25.1% - Hitchcock County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Hitchcock County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1932. (Barry Goldwater won by 9.6 percentage points in 1964, and George Wallace received 11% of the vote in 1968.)

Trenton Public Library

Related reading:

Lost Americana (Nebraska)