Particularly in Arthur County, they must be hard pressed to find enough people to be city and county office holders and employees, school employees, and just to have enough warm bodies to hold down the basic functions of society.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Population dearth in Nebraska
There is a considerable section of Nebraska where the declining population is a real problem.There is a group of eight contiguous counties in the central and west-central portion of the state that each has a population of substantially less than 1000. According to the 2012 Rand McNally atlas, Loup (619), Blaine (428), Thomas (583), Logan (735), Hooker (736), McPherson (514) and Grant (604) all fall into that category. The worst case of all, however, is Arthur County, which has only 338 people in its entire area. That is a total of 4557 people spread over eight counties, or an average of 570 people per county. A quick approximation of the area yields 5834 square miles, or just less than one person per square mile - assuming my math is correct.
Particularly in Arthur County, they must be hard pressed to find enough people to be city and county office holders and employees, school employees, and just to have enough warm bodies to hold down the basic functions of society.
Particularly in Arthur County, they must be hard pressed to find enough people to be city and county office holders and employees, school employees, and just to have enough warm bodies to hold down the basic functions of society.
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