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Cherokee County Facts

Census Statistics

	Cherokee County	North Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	25,048	8,407,248
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.1%	4.5%
Population, 2000	24,298	8,049,313
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	20.5%	21.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.4%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.6%	24.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	19.7%	12.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.5%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	94.8%	72.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	21.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	2.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.2%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	94.1%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	64.9%	53.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.2%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.0%	8.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	73.3%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.0%	22.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	5,951	1,540,365
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.1	24.0?
Housing units, 2002	14,099	3,707,129
Homeownership rate, 2000	82.2%	69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	3.7%	16.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$86,000	$108,300?
Households, 2000	10,336	3,132,013
Persons per household, 2000	2.32	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$27,992	$39,184
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,814	$20,307
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	15.3%	12.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	618	204,075
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	7,490	3,431,554
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-21.4%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,666	462,182
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	314,989	161,900,477
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	217,030	72,356,763
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,744	$9,740
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	10.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	17.1%	24.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	357	79,824
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	155,652	48,179,775
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	455	48,711
Persons per square mile, 2000	53.4	165.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	039	37

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