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Cherokee County, AL

25,069 Population
553.5 square miles 45.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,422 ±$1,594 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$46,621 ±$3,697 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

14.3% ±2.5% (3,516  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

30 minutes ±1.7 (292,230  ±23,713) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

9,997 ±438 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.5 ±0.1 (24,771  ±12) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

7.5% ±2.6% (368  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

14,687 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$158,700 ±$8,550 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

10.7% ±1.9% (2,646  ±,476.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

81.9% ±4.5% (15,175  ±,840.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
14.6% ±1.9% (2,703  ±,347.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

2% (493  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

7% ±1.1% (1,416  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,416 Total veterans ±225 1,339 Male ±216 77 Female ±43

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