People QuickFacts	Cherokee County	Oklahoma
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	48,150	3,814,820
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	46,986	3,751,354
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.5%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	46,987	3,751,351
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.6%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.8%	24.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.8%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.6%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	54.6%	75.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.6%	7.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	33.9%	8.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.7%	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	9.1%	5.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.5%	9.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	50.1%	68.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.8%	81.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.8%	5.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.5%	9.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	83.6%	85.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	24.5%	23.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	4,046	324,143
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.5	20.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	21,535	1,674,685
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	67.2%	67.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	13.5%	15.2%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$97,100	$108,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	16,501	1,432,735
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.72	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$16,996	$23,770
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$33,990	$44,287
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	25.8%	16.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Cherokee County	Oklahoma
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	732	90,050
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	9,127	1,241,168
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	23.7	3.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,829	263,043 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,981	333,797
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.1%	6.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	24.5%	25.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	60,681,358
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	48,074,682
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	332,498	43,095,353
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,378	$11,931
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	42,076	5,106,585
 	Building permits, 2011     	135	8,782

   	Geography QuickFacts	Cherokee County	Oklahoma
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	749.41	68,594.92
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	62.7	54.7
 	FIPS Code    	021	40
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Tahlequah, OK Micro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts