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People QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Georgia
Population, 2013 estimate | 225,106 | 9,992,167
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 214,346 | 9,687,663
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 5.0% | 3.1%
Population, 2010 | 214,346 | 9,687,653
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.5% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 26.5% | 24.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 11.3% | 12.0%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.7% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 89.3% | 62.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 6.4% | 31.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.9% | 3.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.9% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 10.1% | 9.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 80.4% | 54.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 87.0% | 83.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 8.6% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 12.4% | 13.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 88.9% | 84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 34.2% | 28.0%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 14,589 | 690,208
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 31.9 | 27
Housing units, 2013 | 84,062 | 4,109,896
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 79.1% | 65.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 9.7% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $190,400 | $151,300
Households, 2009-2013 | 76,144 | 3,518,097
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.85 | 2.71
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $29,615 | $25,182
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $67,261 | $49,179
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 9.8% | 18.2%
Business QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Georgia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 4,723 | 216,308
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 40,874 | 3,390,540
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 5.4% | 1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 20,279 | 797,404
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-Roswell, 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