U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 population projections: Iowa's 7th smallest county continues to lose residents

93.7% white Fremont County's population has decreased 65% since its 1900 peak of 18,546.  

 

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

Cedar Rapids Gazette, 8/12/2021

“In a way, it’s really sort of the same old story that the state, overall, is growing a little bit,” said David Peters, an Iowa State University sociology professor. “But even though as a state we're growing, it kind of masks a lot of unevenness. So you have phenomenally fast growth rates in the state’s large urban centers and an exodus of people in most of rural Iowa.”

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