cherokee county

Cherokee County, Georgia has 248k residents in 2019 with an average age of 38.7 and a typical family income of $82,740. Cherokee County, Georgia saw a 2.32 percent rise in population between 2018 and 2019—from 241,910 to 247,515—and a 3.85 percent gain in its median household income—from $79,670 to $82,740.

White (Non-Hispanic) (78.7%), White (Hispanic) (7.6%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (6.71%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (1.91%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) make up Cherokee County, Georgia's top 5 ethnic groupings (1.8 percent ). In Cherokee County, Georgia, there are no households whose the primary language is something other than English.

American citizens make about 95% of the population in Cherokee County, Georgia.

Reinhardt University is the largest university in Cherokee County, Georgia (347 degrees awarded in 2020).

Cherokee County, Georgia's median home value in 2019 was $253,500, and the homeownership rate was 76.8%. The majority of persons in Cherokee County, Georgia commuted by themselves by car, taking an average of 32 minutes. In Cherokee County, Georgia, households owned two cars on average.

Bordering Bartow County, Georgia, Cobb County, Dawson County, Forsyth County, Fulton County, Gordon County, Georgia

Diversity

There are 248k residents in Cherokee County, Georgia, of which 95% are citizens. In Cherokee County, Georgia, 8.83% of persons were born outside of the country as of 2019. (21.8k people).

Cherokee County, Georgia has 195k more White (non-Hispanic) residents in 2019 than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groups were White (Hispanic) with 18.8k and Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) with 16.6k inhabitants.

Ethnicity and Race

Cherokee County, Georgia has 195k more White (non-Hispanic) residents in 2019 than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groups were White (Hispanic) with 18.8k and Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) with 16.6k inhabitants.

Hispanics make up 10.5% of the population in Cherokee County, Georgia (26k people).

Population Born Abroad

In comparison to the national average of 13.7%, only 8.83 percent of Cherokee County, Georgia's 21.8k residents were born outside of the country as of 2019. Cherokee County, Georgia had 8.79 percent of residents who were foreign-born in 2018, a growing trend.

Age by Nativity

In Cherokee County, Georgia, the average age of the population was 38.7 in 2019. With a median age of 38, residents who were born in the United States were typically younger than those who were born abroad, who had a median age of 43. However, the population of Cherokee County, Georgia, is aging. All citizens of Cherokee County, Georgia, were 38 years old on average in 2018.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico accounted for 246,708 of the foreign-born residents of Georgia in 2019, with India coming in second with 94,981 and Korea coming in third with 42,867.

Citizenship

Cherokee County, Georgia's 95% citizenship rate as of 2019 was higher than the country as a whole's 93.4 percent. Cherokee County, Georgia has a 94.9 percent US citizen population in 2018, indicating a rising citizenship rate.

Veterans In Cherokee County, Georgia, there are 1.75 times more veterans of the Vietnam War than of any other combat.

Economy

Cherokee County, Georgia has an average household income of $82,740. Census Tract 905.02

In Cherokee County, Georgia had the highest median household income in 2019 with a value of $126,988, followed by Census Tract 910.06 and Census Tract 909.01 with values of $111,574 and $105,368.

In Georgia, the average income of men is $1,36 times greater than that of women, who earn $49,410 on average. Georgia's income inequality, as determined by the Gini index, is 0.477, which is lower than the US average.

Cherokee County, Georgia's economy supports 127k jobs. Retail trade employs 14,989 people in Cherokee County, Georgia, followed by manufacturing (12,425 people), professional, scientific, and technical services (12,600), and retail trade (12,425 people). Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction pay the highest wages ($102,938), followed by utilities ($78,036), and information ($70,709).