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Cherokee, OK

1,509 Population
2 square miles 738.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±4.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alfalfa County: 44.6 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,517 ±$4,336 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alfalfa County: $30,402 ±$2,093
  • a little less than the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,860 ±$9,969 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alfalfa County: $64,615 † ±$8,347
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.2% ±11% (327  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alfalfa County: 16.5% † 733 (±4.2% / ±187)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±5 (14,335  ±4,259) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Alfalfa County: 22.1 † 42,210 (±3.2 / ±6,535)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

683 ±100 Number of households
  • Alfalfa County: 1,938 ±103
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,479  ±224) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alfalfa County: 2.3 4,451 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

20.6% ±12% (61  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Alfalfa County: 10.6% † 81 (±5% / ±38)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

897 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Alfalfa County: 2,466 ±32
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,600 ±$20,381 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Alfalfa County: $101,500 † ±$12,148
  • about half the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±4.8% (170  ±75) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alfalfa County: 14.3% † 802 (±3% / ±170.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±1.2% (988  ±128.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alfalfa County: 85.9% 3,775 (±5.3% / ±235.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.3% ±6.2% (325  ±79.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alfalfa County: 20.1% † 884 (±2.8% / ±123.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.8% ±1.6% (27  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alfalfa County: 2% 112
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±4.1% (111  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Alfalfa County: 9.2% † 428 (±1.5% / ±71)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
111 Total veterans ±51 111 Male ±51 N/A Female ±10

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