U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 population estimates: Iowa's 39th smallest county (Appanoose) has fewer residents than it did in 1870

Iowa has 99 counties.

96.3% Trumpy white (67.7% of the vote in 2020) Appanoose County's population has decreased 46% since its 30,535 peak of 1920.   

 

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

Asios Des Moines, 4/19/2023

Zoom in: For more than 100 years, Iowa's urban areas have pulled from rural populations. 

Higher-paying jobs have shifted away from agriculture and manufacturing, leading young workers to cities and aging small towns, Peter Orazem, an economist at ISU, tells Axios. 

The pandemic did not shift that long-standing trend, Orazem says.

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