U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 population estimates: Iowa's 26th smallest county (Keokuk) has fewer residents than it did in 1880

Iowa has 99 counties.

95.3% Trumpy white Keokuk County's population has decreased 60% since its 24,979 peak of 1900.   

 

Sources:  Wikipedia (1850-2020), U.S. Census Bureau (2022)

Des Moines Register, 6.2.2016

That pretty much sums up county official Michael Berg's response to Washington Post's Wonkblog story Wednesday that examined population decline across Keokuk County. 

The headline of the piece was less than flattering: The places in America that already have their best days behind them. And the poster child WaPo held up for population loss? Southeast Iowa's own Keokuk County.

 

You won't find any of those 3 million hogs pictured at the Keokuk Area Cponvention and Tourism Bureau.  Or the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commcrce, for that matter.

Washington Post, 6/1/2016 (box added below)

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