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People QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Oklahoma
Population, 2012 estimate | 48,150 | 3,814,820
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 46,986 | 3,751,354
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.5% | 1.7%
Population, 2010 | 46,987 | 3,751,351
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.5% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.7% | 24.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.4% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.6% | 50.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 54.3% | 75.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.4% | 7.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 34.3% | 9.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 9.3% | 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 6.4% | 9.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 49.9% | 67.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.8% | 81.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.8% | 5.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.5% | 9.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.6% | 85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 24.5% | 23.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 4,046 | 324,143
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.5 | 20.9
Housing units, 2011 | 21,535 | 1,674,685
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 67.2% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.5% | 15.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $97,100 | $108,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 16,501 | 1,432,735
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.72 | 2.52
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $16,996 | $23,770
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $33,990 | $44,287
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.8% | 16.3%
Business QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Oklahoma
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 708 | 89,749
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 8,147 | 1,261,590
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -10.7% | 1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 2,852 | 265,596
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,981 | 333,797
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 23.1% | 6.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.5% | 25.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 60,681,358
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 48,074,682
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 332,498 | 43,095,353
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,378 | $11,931
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 42,076 | 5,106,585
Building permits, 2012 | 35 | 11,930
Geography QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Oklahoma
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 749.41 | 68,594.92
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 62.7 | 54.7
FIPS Code | 21 | 40
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Tahlequah, OK Micro 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