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People QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Georgia
Population, 2012 estimate | 221,315 | 9,919,945
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 214,346 | 9,687,663
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.3% | 2.4%
Population, 2010 | 214,346 | 9,687,653
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.8% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 26.7% | 25.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 10.6% | 11.5%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.7% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 89.6% | 62.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 6.2% | 31.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.8% | 3.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.8% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 10.0% | 9.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 80.6% | 55.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.0% | 83.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.5% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 12.3% | 12.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.0% | 84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 33.6% | 27.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 14,528 | 702,919
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 32.9 | 27
Housing units, 2011 | 82,789 | 4,102,992
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 79.9% | 66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.5% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $198,000 | $160,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 75,784 | 3,490,754
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.77 | 2.68
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,968 | $25,383
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $66,717 | $49,736
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.7% | 16.5%
Business QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Georgia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 4,552 | 214,635
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 38,776 | 3,328,033
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.8% | 0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 19,708 | 786,848
Total number of firms, 2007 | 22,759 | 901,105
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.3% | 20.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 5.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.9% | 3.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.1% | 30.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 823,737 | 144,280,774
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 848,952 | 141,962,359
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,114,906 | 117,516,907
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,373 | $12,326
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 246,874 | 16,976,235
Building permits, 2012 | 1,213 | 24,350
Geography QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Georgia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 421.67 | 57,513.49
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 508.3 | 168.4
FIPS Code | 57 | 13
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts