Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Kiowa County
Population loss as in major -- 50% or more. Source : Wikipedia ( Kiowa County , Hobart) Hobart is the county seat of Kiowa 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: 17.1% - Kiowa County 24.8% - Oklahoma 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 19.4% - Kiowa County 15.3% - Oklahoma 15.6% - U.S. The last time Kiowa County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1996, when Bill Clinton won a second term in office. In 1964, LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 25.2 percentage points , and third-party candidate George Wallace received 17.1 % of the vote in 1968. Hobart Public Library Photo credit: Flickr Related reading: Oklahoma: Home to More Historically All-Black Towns than Any Other U.S. State. (University of Tulsa) When we think of Oklahoma history, we tend to think o...