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People QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Alabama
Population, 2012 estimate | 26,021 | 4,822,023
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 25,986 | 4,779,745
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.1% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 25,989 | 4,779,736
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.8% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 20.8% | 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 19.3% | 14.5%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.3% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 93.2% | 70.0%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 4.6% | 26.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.4% | 4.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 91.9% | 66.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.3% | 84.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.8% | 3.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 1.3% | 5.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 73.5% | 81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 11.3% | 22.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,254 | 403,982
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.8 | 24
Housing units, 2011 | 16,467 | 2,182,088
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.8% | 70.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.5% | 15.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $96,200 | $120,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 11,508 | 1,831,269
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.2 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,673 | $23,483
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $37,833 | $42,934
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.8% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Alabama
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 351 | 97,743
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 3,590 | 1,573,138
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.6% | 0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,652 | 321,641
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,180 | 382,350
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 14.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 14.5% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 307,439 | 112,858,843
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 62,293 | 52,252,752
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 186,321 | 57,344,851
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,613 | $12,364
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 13,948 | 6,426,342
Building permits, 2012 | 9 | 13,506
Geography QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Alabama
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 553.7 | 50,645.33
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 46.9 | 94.4
FIPS Code | 19 | 1
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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