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People QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Oklahoma
Population, 2013 estimate | 48,017 | 3,850,568
Population, 2012 estimate | 48,049 | 3,815,780
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 46,986 | 3,751,357
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 2.2% | 2.6%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.3% | 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, 2008-2012 | 86.5% | 82.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 2.7% | 5.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 5.3% | 9.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 84.8% | 86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 24.6% | 23.2%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 4,137 | 322,008
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 23.1 | 21
Housing units, 2012 | 21,617 | 1,677,617
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 65.9% | 67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.6% | 15.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $98,400 | $110,800
Households, 2008-2012 | 16,801 | 1,439,292
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.69 | 2.53
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $17,504 | $24,046
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $35,182 | $44,891
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 24.4% | 16.6%
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