U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 population projections: Iowa's 12th smallest county (Worth) has fewer residents than it did in 1880

 

93.7% white Worth County's population has decreased 37% since its 1920  peak of 11,630.  

 

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

Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1/11/2022 

I will concede that observations of Iowa’s demographic sluggishness are not a novel revelation. A report from a public institution in Ames stated the following about Iowa’s demographics at the time of publication: 

1. The population of Iowa cities has increased steadily. 

2. The farm population of Iowa has decreased slowly. 

3. Many Iowa small towns have decreased in size. 

4. The number and proportion of older people in the population have increased steadily and rapidly. 

This report, fittingly titled “Changes in Iowa Population,” was released in November 1947, but its findings are just as true 64 years later. The institution in question was the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts — it would not be until 1959 that the school would be renamed Iowa State University.

Can you spell 'inexorable'?

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