Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Cotton County
Population loss as in major -- 50% or more. Source : Wikipedia ( Cotton County , Walters ) Walters is the county seat of Cotton County . P opulation loss by degrees: 80-89% , 70-79% , 60-69% , 50-59%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree: 15.8% - Cotton County 24.8% - Oklahoma 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 19.1% - Cotton County 15.3% - Oklahoma 15.6% - U.S. The last time Cotton County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1996, when Bill Clinton won a 2nd term. In 1964, LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 32.8 percentage points , and third-party candidate George Wallace received 29.1 % of the vote in 1968. Walters Public Library Photo credit: Library Technology Related reading: New Deal Architecture Faces Bulldozer . ( The New York Times , 2/8/2009) In Cotton County, Okla., a ruined gymnasium has only holes where windows ...