Wednesday, April 26, 2023

U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 population projections: Iowa's 37th smallest county (Union) has fewer residents than it did in 1880


Iowa has 99 counties.

93.5% Trumpy white (65% of the vote in 2020) Union County's population has decreased 40% since its 19,928 peak of 1900.   
 
Sources:  Wikipedia (1860-2020), U.S. Census Bureau (2022)



Here in Union County, it’s not hard to find people like Kretz who are weary of the Obama years. She plans to vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump in November because she thinks he’s better suited to address the needs of the average American than Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Source: Wikipedia
 
That rural yearning turned out to be a big bonanza for Trump in Iowa. Obama won the county by small margins -- 4 percentage points in 2008 and 3.9 in 2012.  Trump, on the other hand, won the county bhy considerable margins -- 27.4 percentage points in 2016 and 31.6 in 2020.  His MAGA message resonated with white people across a very white state.

Meanwhile, the state's rural population continues to decline.



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