U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 population projections: Iowa's 21st smallest county (Howard) has fewer residents than it did in 1880

 

Iowa has 99 counties.

95.4% Trumpy white Howard County's population has decreased 34% since its 14,512 peak of 1900.  

 

Sources:  Wikipedia (1860-2020), U.S. Census Bureau (2022)

FiveThirdyEight, 11./9/2017

Howard County, about 150 miles northeast of Des Moines along the state’s border with Minnesota, is 98 percent white. Only 13 percent of residents age 25 and over hold at least a bachelor’s degree. Median household income in the county in 2015 was $49,869. The largest employers in Cresco, the county seat, include the Donaldson Company, an air filter manufacturer whose local workers belong to the United Auto Workers union, and Featherlite, which makes aluminum livestock and utility trailers.

Wikipedia , New York Times

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