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Population loss in rural Oklahoma: Roger Mills County

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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.   Source :  Wikipedia ( Roger Mills County , Cheyenne ) Cheyenne is the county seat of Roger Mills County . P opulation loss by degrees:  80-89% ,  70-79% , 60-69% , 50-59%. Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFact s Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree: 20.8% - Roger Mills County 24.8% - Oklahoma 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 20.5% - Roger Mills County 15.3% - Oklahoma 15.6% - U.S. The last time Roger Mills County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1976, when Jimmy Carter beat Gerald Ford by 21.1 percentage points.  In 1964, LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 18.4 percentage points, and third-party candidate George Wallace received 25.1%of the vote  in 1968. Western Plains Library System ( Minnie R. Slief-Cheyenn e) Related reading: Wayne Greene: Get off your horse and redesign county government for an era of automobiles and airplanes ....