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Cherokee County, GA

281,278 Population
421.1 square miles 668 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$45,955 ±$1,676 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $38,378 ±$332
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$99,234 ±$4,221 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $72,837 ±$640
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

5% ±1.2% (13,940  ±3,429) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 12.7% 1,348,344 (±0.4% / ±37,893)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

30.6 minutes ±1.7 (3,564,765  ±253,514) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.2 123,162,450 (±0.3 / ±1,395,216)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

103,550 ±944 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,092,467 ±12,679
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0 (279,211  ±119) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,662,548
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.7% ±1.9% (3,757  ±1,254) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 5.7% 151,128 (±0.4% / ±9,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

106,402 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,539,156 ±441
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$427,500 ±$11,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $297,400 ±$1,891
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.7% ±1.8% (29,713  ±4,946.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,442,802 (±0.3% / ±34,081)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93.2% ±3.7% (181,303  ±7,241.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.5% 6,564,044 (±0.6% / ±46,130)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
41.5% ±2.3% (80,789  ±4,571.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 34.7% 2,544,114 (±0.4% / ±26,526.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

9% (25,204  ±2,690) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.7% 1,168,022
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7.6% ±1.1% (16,638  ±2,308) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.3% 607,506 (±0.2% / ±14,039)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
16,638 Total veterans ±2,308 14,901 Male ±1,958 1,737 Female ±765

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