Cherokee County Facts

Census Statistics

	Cherokee County	Texas
Population, 2003 estimate	47,568	22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.9%	6.1%
Population, 2000	46,659	20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	13.7%	22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.0%	7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.3%	28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.1%	9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.7%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	74.3%	71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	16.0%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	7.4%	11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.3%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	13.2%	32.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	69.3%	52.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	56.5%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	7.9%	13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	12.9%	31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	68.4%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.4%	23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	10,049	3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.8	25.4?
Housing units, 2002	19,537	8,502,060
Homeownership rate, 2000	73.8%	63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	7.2%	24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$53,700	$82,500?
Households, 2000	16,651	7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000	2.63	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$29,313	$39,927
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,980	$19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	17.9%	15.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	789	473,868
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	12,510	8,161,321
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-4.3%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,140	1,271,401
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	327,442	297,657,003
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	262,633	182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,135	$9,430
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.8%	23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	18.7%	25.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	57	165,027
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	217,726	123,431,164
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,052	261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000	44.3	79.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	073	48

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