County Population Trends

Population Trends of Pocahontas County
City	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Fonda	1,027	1,188	1,108	1,026	980	864	731	648
Gilmore City	384	260	288	271	289	260	241	258
Havelock	339	326	307	289	248	279	217	177
Laurens	1,071	1,304	1,537	1,799	1,792	1,606	1,550	1,476
Palmer	297	305	295	271	264	288	230	214
Plover	266	280	239	182	129	135	101	95
Pocahontas	1,308	1,730	1,943	2,011	2,338	2,352	2,085	1,970
Rolfe	1012	1,122	996	819	767	796	721	675
Varina	184	220	144	162	140	122	102	90
Balance of County	9,799	9,531	8,593	7,396	5,846	4,668	3,547	3,059
County Total	15,687	16,266	15,450	14,234	12,793	11,369	9,525	8,662
	Pocahontas county is made up of nine incorporated communities with surrounding rural areas. From 1990 through 2000 the population of the county decreased 9.1 percent while the state population rose 5.4 percent.

 

Information compiled and arranged by Tim Meyer