Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Dewey County
Population loss as in major -- 50% or more. Source : Wikipedia ( Dewey County , Taloga ) Taloga is the county seat of Dewey 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: 21.8% - Dewey County 24.8% - Oklahoma 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 19.1% - Dewey County 15.3% - Oklahoma 15.6% - U.S. The last time Dewey County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1976, when Jimmy Carter beat Gerald Ford by 12 percentage points. In 1964, LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 5.8 percentage points , and third-party candidate George Wallace received 19.1 % of the vote in 1968. The closest public library is located in Seiling Related reading: There's Oil for the Asking in Them Thar Hills. (The New York Times, 6/8/1979) We started exploration. What happened? Our first successfu...