Cherokee County Facts

Census Statistics

	Cherokee County	Oklahoma
Population, 2003 estimate	43,783	3,511,532
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.0%	1.8%
Population, 2000	42,521	3,450,654
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	24.9%	9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.0%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.3%	25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.0%	13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.9%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	56.4%	76.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.2%	7.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	32.4%	7.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.1%	2.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	7.6%	4.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	4.1%	5.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	55.2%	74.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	51.4%	51.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.6%	3.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.9%	7.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	76.7%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	22.1%	20.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	8,898	676,098
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.6	21.7?
Housing units, 2002	19,981	1,541,518
Homeownership rate, 2000	66.8%	68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	12.8%	15.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$67,100	$70,700?
Households, 2000	16,175	1,342,293
Persons per household, 2000	2.52	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$26,536	$33,400
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,436	$17,646
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	22.9%	14.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	674	85,276
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	7,333	1,212,230
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.6%	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,288	219,026
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	37,453,197
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	235,026	27,065,555
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,112	$8,166
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.6%	10.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.0%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	168	12,979
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	293,788	24,355,046
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	751	68,667
Persons per square mile, 2000	56.6	50.3
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	021	40

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