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Population loss in rural Arkansas: Woodruff County

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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.   Source :  Wikipedia ( Woodruff County , Augusta) Augusta is the county seat of Woodruff County . Population 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: 11.4% - Woodruff County 22.0% - Arkansas 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 22.9% - Woodruff County 16.6% - Arkansas 15.6% - U.S. Woodruff County voted twice for a Republican candidate for president -- in 1972 and 2016.  Third-party candidate George Wallace won the county in 1968 with nearly 48% of the vote. Woodruff County Library , Augusta Other Arkansas population loss posts: Lee County/Marianna.   (6/12/2019) Phillips County/Helena-West Helena . (6/13/2019) Desha County/Arkansas City .  (6/15/2019) Chicot County/Lake Village .  (6 /16/2019) Lafayette County/Lewisville .  (6/17/2019) Other po...

Population loss in rural Arkansas: Lafayette County

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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.   Source :  Wikipedia ( Lafayette County , Lewisville ) Lewisville is the county seat of Lafayette County . Population 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: 15.0% - Lafayette County 22.0% - Arkansas 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 23.1% - Lafayette County 16.6% - Arkansas 15.6% - U.S. The last time Lafayette County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 2000 -- Gore vs. Bush.  Lafayette County Library, Lewisville Other Arkansas population loss posts: Lee County/Marianna.   (6/12/2019) Phillips County/Helena-West Helena . (6/13/2019) Desha County/Arkansas City .  (6/16/2019) Chicot County/Lake Village .  (6 /17/2019) Other population loss series: Detroit metro Iowa Kansas Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania

Population loss in rural Arkansas: Chicot County

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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.   Source :  Wikipedia ( Chicot County , Lake Village ) Lake Village is the county seat of Chicot County . Population 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: 13.2% - Chicot County 22.0% - Arkansas 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 19.6% - Chicot County 16.6% - Arkansas 15.6% - U.S. Chicot County has voted for a Republican candidate for president three times -- in 1900, 1908, and 1972.  Gatewood Memorial Library , Lake Village Related reading: The Chicot County Race War of 1871 .  (Encyclopedia of Arkansas) Other Arkansas population loss posts: Lee County/Marianna.   (6/12/2019) Phillips County/Helena-West Helena . (6/13/2019) Desha County/Arkansas City .  (6/16/2019) Other population loss series: Detroit metro Iowa Kansas Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma Pennsyl...

Population loss in rural Arkansas: Desha County

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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.   Source :  Wikipedia ( Desha County , Arkansas City ) Arkansas City is the county seat of Desha 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: 12.6% - Desha County 22.0% - Arkansas 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 18.4% - Desha County 16.6% - Arkansas 15.6% - U.S. Desha County has voted for a Republican candidate for president just once -- in 1972, Richard Nixon . Desha County Public Libraries Other Arkansas population loss posts: Lee County/Marianna.   (6/12/2019) Phillips County/Helena-West Helena . (6/13/2019) Other population loss series: Detroit metro Iowa Kansas Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania

Population loss in rural Arkansas: Phillips County

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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.   Source :  Wikipedia ( Phillips County , Helena-West Helena) Helena-West Helena is the county seat of Phillips 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: 11.3% - Phillips County 22.0% - Arkansas 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 18.3% - Phillips County 16.6% - Arkansas 15.6% - U.S. Phillips County has voted for a Republican candidate for president just once -- in 1972, Richard Nixon . Phillips County Library Related reading: The Exodus to Liberia, Drive from Arkansas by White Persecution, One Hundred men, Women, and Children Who Would Rather Starve in Africa Than Live South -- The Story of Their Sufferings .  ( The New York Times , 8/27/1880) Other Arkansas population loss posts: Lee County/Marianna.   (6/12/2019) Other population loss series...

Population loss in rural Arkansas: Lee County

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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.   Source :  Wikipedia ( Lee County , Marianna ) Marianna is the county seat of Lee 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:   8.4% - Lee County 22.0% - Arkansas 30.9% - U.S. Percentage of population 65 and older: 19.2% - Lee County 16.6% - Arkansas 15.6% - U.S. Lee County has voted for a Republican candidate for president just once -- in 1972, Richard Nixon . Lee County Library , Marianna Related reading: Widespread Racial Violence Persists in Eastern Arkansas Farming Area .  ( The New York Times , 10/10/1971) MARIANNA, Ark.—A notion is going around, mostly in the North, that the race issue is fading away in the South. The people of eastern Arkansas know better.   During the last year, a 50‐mile stretch of Arkansas's richest cotton and soybean country ac...

Greetings from Trump's America: Langlade County, Wisconsin, where the population is aging

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Antigo latest rural district to close schools .  (Madison.com, 6/9/1029) The Unified School District of Antigo is closing Pleasant View Elementary School and two other elementary schools in an effort to consolidate school buildings and realign grade levels, Wisconsin Public Radio reported.   The decision comes as the Antigo district’s population declined from 2,578 in 2008 to 2,331 this year, presenting financial challenges. Source:  Wikipedia ( Langlade County , Antigo ) Antigo is the county seat of Langlade County . Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts % of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree: 16.6% - Langlade County 29.0% - Wisconsin 30.9% - U.S. % of population 65 and older: 23.4% - Langlade County 16.5% - Wisconsin 15.6% - U.S. Source:   Wikipedia 3rd-party candidates received 25.1% of vote in 1992, 15.7% of vote in 1996, 4.5% in 2016 (George Wallace received 9.8% of the vote in 1968) Other Trump's America posts: Alabama Autauga Coun...