Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Greer County
Population loss as in major -- 50% or more. Source : Wikipedia ( Greer County , Mangum ) Mangum is the county seat of Greer 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: 14.3% - Greer County 24.8% - Oklahoma 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 17.6% - Greer County 15.3% - Oklahoma 15.6% - U.S. The last time Greer 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 36.4 percentage points, and third-party candidate George Wallace received 23.9% of the vote in 1968. Margaret Carder Library , Mangum (housed in community building) Related reading: The Talk of Mangum, Okla . (The New York Times, 5/19/1972) Mangum is the center of the Dust Bowl of the nineteen‐thirties, the place the Okies left ...