Population loss in rural Iowa: Ida County

Source:  Wikipedia (Ida County, Ida Grove)

Ida Grove is the county seat of Ida County.

Ida Grove Public Library

Related reading:
Editorial:  Rural Angst.  (Storm Lake Times, 6/16/2017)

The highest concentration of white, non-college-educated Trump voters in Iowa reside in Cherokee, Sac, Calhoun, Ida and Pocahontas counties, according to the Democracy Fund survey. They are averse to immigrants despite watching their populations vanish. They vote for Rep. Steve King in large numbers. In Buena Vista County, at least 20% of the Obama vote from 2012 went to Trump — that would be white voters who feel disenfranchised by a lack of opportunity and perceive that someone else is moving in to take their place in a brighter destiny.

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Decatur County/Leon.  (4/24/2019)
Wayne County/Corydon.  (4/24/2019)
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Lucas County/Chariton.  (4/24/2019)
Monroe County/Albia.  (4/25/2019)

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Audubon County.  (4/26/2019)

Row 5, west to east
Monona County.  (4/27/2019)
Greene County.  (4/27/2019)

Greetings from Trump's America:  Ida County, Iowa.  (4/28/2019)

Greetings from Trump's America: Ida County, Iowa

Sioux City Journal, 11/26/2016

Trump carried all 14 Journal circulation counties in Northwest Iowa over Democrat Hillary Clinton in convincing fashion, en route to easily capturing the state's six electoral votes.

Source:  Wikipedia

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

• 19.7% - Ida County
• 27.1% - Iowa
• 30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

• 22.1% - Ida County
• 16.7% - Iowa
• 15.6% - U.S.

Source: Wikipedia

3rd party votes: 25.4% in 1992, 12.3% in 1996; 4.6% IN 2016

(George Wallace received 4.6% of the vote in 1968)

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Greetings from Pacific Junction, Iowa: Epic flooding makes it worse for an already depopulated city

Source:  Wikipedia

Some Iowa towns have been under water for weeks. The big question: will residents come back?  (Des Moines Register, 4/26/2019)

Manchester's home and every one of the 200 structures in the tiny town of Pacific Junction spent weeks underwater after floodwaters from the Missouri River bombarded the community in March. Because of the town's unique geography — the mayor frequently calls his hamlet a "bowl" — the water had no natural route to recede. That left homes, city hall and the post office festering in a soup of brown river water for a month. 

[snip] 

Pacific Junction is an old railroad town, established in 1871 as a meeting point of several lines. Decades ago, the railroad boom supported a farm implement dealer, drug store and grocery store. 

But trains no longer stop here.

Related reading:
Shrink-Smart Small Towns: Communities can still thrive as they lose population.  (Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)