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Cherokee, OK

1,319 Population
2 square miles 645.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±7.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alfalfa County: 44.4 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,248 ±$4,290 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alfalfa County: $29,173 ±$1,790
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$55,417 ±$16,283 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alfalfa County: $67,870 ±$6,541
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

20.4% ±11.8% (259  ±155) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alfalfa County: 14% † 629 (±3.6% / ±162)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

22 minutes ±3.9 (11,225  ±3,180) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alfalfa County: 23.4 † 44,970 (±3.2 / ±6,566)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

594 ±84 Number of households
  • Alfalfa County: 1,890 ±86
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.2 ±0.1 (1,275  ±191) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alfalfa County: 2.4 4,509 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

17.6% ±11.2% (40  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alfalfa County: 10% † 76 (±4.7% / ±36)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

806 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Alfalfa County: 2,480 ±27
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$90,200 ±$14,991 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alfalfa County: $103,000 † ±$13,977
  • about half the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

13.4% ±5.3% (173  ±72.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alfalfa County: 14.4% † 812 (±2.8% / ±158.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

87.5% ±5.6% (832  ±112.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alfalfa County: 85.8% 3,727 (±5.4% / ±232.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
25.9% ±5% (246  ±55.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alfalfa County: 20.7% † 899 (±2.5% / ±109.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±1.2% (3  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alfalfa County: 1.4% 81
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

13.1% ±4.7% (136  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alfalfa County: 9.3% † 427 (±1.6% / ±72)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
136 Total veterans ±52 132 Male ±51 4 Female ±6

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