Cherokee County, Alabama Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Cherokee County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Cherokee County is 5th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Cherokee County is 7th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - White

Cherokee County, Alabama Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Cherokee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	26,021	41st	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	553.7	66th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	46.9	35th	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Cherokee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	66th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.8%	64th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.3%	3rd	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cherokee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.5%	52nd	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.3%	50th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cherokee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	93.2%	7th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.6%	58th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	34th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	48th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	65th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	25th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	54th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.9%	5th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cherokee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	50.3%	59th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	52nd	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Cherokee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	16,467	34th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.5%	62nd	15.5%	25.9%
Households	11,508	39th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.8%	23rd	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$96,200	28th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.2	67th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	9	35th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Cherokee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$21,673	21st	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$37,833	31st	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.8%	24th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Cherokee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	351	46th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,590	48th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,180	40th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$186,321	43rd	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,613	40th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,948	45th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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