Cherokee County, Oklahoma (OK)

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• • 21,47444.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 14,82730.8%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 6,88814.3%Two or more races
  • 3,9658.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5311.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3970.8%Asian alone
  • 370.08%Some other race alone
  • 270.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $265,988

Here:	$265,988
State:	$255,409

Townhouses or other attached units: $207,196

Here:	$207,196
State:	$206,466

In 2-unit structures: $695,895

Here:	$695,895
State:	$195,100

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $184,304

Here:	$184,304
State:	$140,612

Mobile homes: $78,241

Here:	$78,241
State:	$110,804

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $11,935

Here:	$11,935
State:	$68,690

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 18
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 54
• Burglaries: 127
• Thefts: 206
• Auto thefts: 98

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 9
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 65
• Burglaries: 127
• Thefts: 232
• Auto thefts: 95

Health of residents in Cherokee County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,187 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $603 (0.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cherokee County is $392 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $454 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $570 a month.

Cities in this county include: Tahlequah, South Cherokee, East Cherokee, North Cherokee, Park Hill, Eldon, Peggs, Lost City, Pettit, Woodall.

Neighboring counties: Durham County, North Carolina , Johnson County, Arkansas , Okfuskee County , Wagoner County , Ochiltree County, Texas , Bristol city, Virginia .

Current college students: 4,448
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 28.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,391 (34.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3852010 or later
• 3532000 to 2009
• 4201990 to 1999
• 1611980 to 1989
• 731970 to 1979
• 89Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,379
• One, attached: 282
• Two: 722
• 3 or 4: 485
• 5 to 9: 918
• 10 to 19: 448
• 20 to 49: 319
• 50 or more: 291
• Mobile homes: 4,500
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 38

Housing units in Cherokee County with a mortgage: 5,551 (339 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 252 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41

Religion statistics for Cherokee County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cherokee County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Oklahoma Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4530, Natural disaster type: Other
• Oklahoma Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: May 7, 2019, FEMA Id: 4438, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Oklahoma Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: May 16, 2017 - May 20, 2017, FEMA Id: 4324, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Oklahoma Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2017 - May 2, 2017, FEMA Id: 4315, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Oklahoma Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: December 26, 2015 to January 05, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4256: February 10, 2016, FEMA Id: 4256, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Oklahoma Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 05, 2015 to June 22, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4222: May 26, 2015, FEMA Id: 4222, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Oklahoma Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 21, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1988: May 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 1988, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Oklahoma Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3316: February 02, 2011, FEMA Id: 3316, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Oklahoma Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 28, 2010 to January 30, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1883: March 05, 2010, FEMA Id: 1883, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Oklahoma Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 28, 2010 to January 30, 2010, Emergency Declared EM-3308: January 30, 2010, FEMA Id: 3308, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.10% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($46,158 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.16% relocated from other counties in Oklahoma ($27,721 average AGI)
2.94% relocated from other states ($18,436 average AGI)

Cherokee County:	2.94%
Oklahoma average:	3.37%

from Tulsa County, OK	0.92% ($51,355 average AGI)
from Muskogee County, OK	0.91% ($41,285)
from Adair County, OK	0.58% ($36,250)
from Wagoner County, OK	0.45% ($50,343)
from Delaware County, OK	0.29% ($36,419)
from Mayes County, OK	0.26% ($40,154)
from Sequoyah County, OK	0.24% ($49,167)

6.83% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,461 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.83% relocated to other counties in Oklahoma ($26,525 average AGI)
2.00% relocated to other states ($11,936 average AGI)

Cherokee County:	2.00%
Oklahoma average:	2.72%

to Tulsa County, OK	1.08% ($36,419 average AGI)
to Muskogee County, OK	0.89% ($39,583)
to Wagoner County, OK	0.47% ($41,286)
to Adair County, OK	0.42% ($29,698)
to Mayes County, OK	0.27% ($40,825)
to Oklahoma County, OK	0.22% ($35,000)
to Rogers County, OK	0.19% ($46,857)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cherokee County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 23%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 9,008 (2,287 living alone), Female householders: 9,584 (2,899 living alone)

• 8,655 spouses (8,492 opposite-sex spouses), 1,266 unmarried partners, (1,164 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,298 children (10,858 natural, 561 adopted, 880 stepchildren), 1,875 grandchildren, 482 brothers or sisters, 340 parents, 93 foster children, 817 other relatives, 1,519 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,040

Size of family households: 6,171 2-persons, 2,243 3-persons, 2,007 4-persons, 917 5-persons, 501 6-persons, 278 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,187 1-person, 1,089 2-persons, 159 3-persons, 31 4-persons.

5,729 married couples with children.
2,652 single-parent households (954 men, 1,698 women).

92.0% of residents of Cherokee speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $340,505,000 ($7,720 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,468,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $99,804,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $61,865,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,053,000
Federal grants: $133,812,000
Federal procurement contracts: $13,800,000 ($81,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $30,172,000 ($3,581,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,990,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,546,000
Federal Government insurance: $31,336,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+12 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.59 millions of gallons per day (0% from ground, 100% from surface)

• Year house built in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
• 2562020 or later
• 2,7282010 to 2019
• 3,8982000 to 2009
• 3,2561990 to 1999
• 3,5781980 to 1989
• 4,0081970 to 1979
• 2,0931960 to 1969
• 1,1721950 to 1959
• 4501940 to 1949
• 7681939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
• 621 room
• 1022 rooms
• 4853 rooms
• 1,3194 rooms
• 3,1545 rooms
• 2,8666 rooms
• 1,7667 rooms
• 1,1648 rooms
• 1,4399+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
• 2951 room
• 5742 rooms
• 1,1103 rooms
• 1,4754 rooms
• 1,4145 rooms
• 7576 rooms
• 3457 rooms
• 1408 rooms
• 2039+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
• 86no bedroom
• 4001 bedroom
• 2,2872 bedrooms
• 6,8203 bedrooms
• 1,8884 bedrooms
• 8395+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
• 312no bedroom
• 1,3371 bedroom
• 2,4712 bedrooms
• 1,7173 bedrooms
• 4074 bedrooms
• 425+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County, Oklahoma in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 402no vehicle
• 2,8641 vehicle
• 4,7472 vehicles
• 2,9403 vehicles
• 8664 vehicles
• 4745+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County in renter-occupied apartments
• 823no vehicle
• 2,7821 vehicle
• 1,8212 vehicles
• 6713 vehicles
• 1294 vehicles
• 385+ vehicles

85.0% of Cherokee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Oklahoma.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 32,722
• Other state: 13,536
• Northeast: 542
• Midwest: 3,312
• South: 5,770
• West: 3,936

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,356
• Number of aged recipients: 126
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,230
• Number of recipients under 18: 177
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 932
• Number of recipients older than 64: 247
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 502
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 571

Cherokee County on our top lists:

• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #80 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"