2024 population: 293,513 ( 26,913 from 2020)
Land area: 421.1 square miles
Population density: 697.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	217,022	73.94%	6.3%
Black:	22,868	7.79%	20.5%
Indian:	592	0.20%	1.7%
Asian:	9,336	3.18%	61.6%
2+ races:	5,943	2.02%	18.1%
Hispanic:	37,752	12.86%	17.8%

Total non-White:	76,491	26.06%	22.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	12,249	11.5
Deaths:	8,982	8.4
Net Migration:	20,387	19.1
Net Immigration:	3,270	3.1

Change in White population:	12,820	4.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	14,093	5.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
266,600
204,202	76.59%
18,972	7.12%
582	0.22%
5,778	2.17%
5,031	1.89%
32,035	12.02%
62,398	23.41%

2010
214,346
174,243	81.29%
11,633	5.43%
536	0.25%
3,568	1.66%
3,313	1.55%
20,566	9.59%
40,103	18.71%

2000
141,903
127,618	89.93%
3,483	2.45%
420	0.30%
1,159	0.82%
1,405	0.99%
7,695	5.42%
14,285	10.07%

1990
90,204
86,779	96.20%
1,591	1.76%
376	0.42%
348	0.39%
n/a
1,110	1.23%
3,425	3.80%

1980
51,699
50,178	97.06%
1,041	2.01%
27	0.05%
174	0.34%
n/a
255	0.49%
1,521	2.94%

1970
31,059
29,631	95.40%
1,343	4.32%
19	0.06%
15	0.05%
n/a
46	0.15%
1,428	4.60%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
25,907	12.1
13,070	6.1
29,507	13.8
1,852	0.9

29,959	14.0
22,295	10.4

Number	Rate
2000's
28,400	20.0
8,539	6.0
49,532	34.9
4,229	3.0

46,625	32.9
25,818	18.2

Number	Rate
1990's
19,530	21.7
5,959	6.6
41,525	46.0
1,052	1.2

40,839	45.3
10,860	12.0

Number	Rate
1980's
13,136	25.4
3,920	7.6
30,062	58.1
n/a

36,601	70.8
1,904	3.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
15,878	51.1
n/a

20,547	66.2
93	0.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Cherokee County, GA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.7
63,058	11.3%
497,055	88.7%
40,371	7.2%

97,023
2.75

73,261	75.5%
59,853	81.7%
4,788	6.5%
23,762	24.5%

2010
Number	Percent
36.3
58,920	27.5%
155,426	72.5%
19,698	9.2%

75,936
2.80

57,876	76.2%
46,976	81.2%
4,384	7.6%
18,060	23.8%

2000
Number	Percent
33.8
39,944	28.1%
101,959	71.9%
9,349	6.6%

49,562
2.84

39,409	79.5%
33,849	85.9%
2,255	5.7%
10,153	20.5%

1990
Number	Percent
30.8
25,305	28.1%
64,899	71.9%
6,349	7.0%

31,404
2.85

26,032	82.9%
22,920	88.0%
1,105	4.2%
5,372	17.1%

1980
Number	Percent
28.3
16,873	32.6%
34,826	67.4%
4,073	7.9%

16,829
3.04

14,519	86.3%
13,008	89.6%
602	4.1%
2,310	13.7%

2022 Housing Data for Cherokee County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,831	2.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,806	1.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,126	2.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,147	2.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,540	2.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,772	2.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,380	2.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,304	2.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,790	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,151	5.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	8,898	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	12,277	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	11,978	12.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,363	9.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	13,443	13.9%
$200,000 or more	14,217	14.7%

Median Household Income	100,824
Per Capita Income	45,334

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	116
Compared to U.S.	111

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,579	2.7%
Public Assistance	1,135	1.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4,056	4.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	117,317	76.8%
Unemployed	4,541	3.0%
In Armed Forces	189	0.1%

Total Labor Force	122,047	79.9%
Not in Labor Force	30,751	20.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	57,635	43,427	57.0%
Non-Profit	2,919	4,989	36.9%
Self-Employed	9,553	7,082	57.4%

Local Government	4,220	7,042	37.5%
State Government	612	1,404	30.4%
Federal Government	1,368	820	62.5%

Total Private + Self	67,188	50,509	57.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,119	14,255	39.0%
Total	76,307	64,764	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	11.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	30,707	21.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	32,796	23.2%
Professional, Technical	31,611	22.4%
Service Occupations	20,485	14.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	326	0.2%
All others	25,592	18.1%

White Collar		67.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	17,223	12.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	14,508	10.3%
Construction	13,547	9.6%
Health care and social assistance	13,426	9.5%
Educational services	11,571	8.2%
Manufacturing	11,393	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	8,613	6.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,368	5.9%
Finance and insurance	7,702	5.5%
Other services	6,476	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	5,735	4.1%
Public administration	4,978	3.5%
Wholesale trade	4,796	3.4%
Information	4,117	2.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,752	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,927	2.1%
Utilities	1,227	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	473	0.3%
Management	196	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	163	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	13,470	5.02%
Puerto Rican	2,901	1.08%
Cuban	1,140	0.42%
Dominican	363	0.14%

Total Central American	6,320	2.35%
Costa Rican	334	0.12%
Guatemalan	4,863	1.81%
Honduran	396	0.15%
Nicaraguan	10	0.00%
Panamanian	119	0.04%
Salvadoran	589	0.22%
Other Central American	9	0.00%

Total South American	3,896	1.45%
Argentinean	91	0.03%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	204	0.08%
Colombian	1,720	0.64%
Ecuadorian	367	0.14%
Paraguayan	15	0.01%
Peruvian	283	0.11%
Uruguayan	170	0.06%
Venezuelan	1,046	0.39%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,860	0.69%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,027	0.75%
Filipino	673	0.25%
Chinese	661	0.25%
Korean	597	0.22%
Japanese	338	0.13%
Vietnamese	294	0.11%
Cambodian	243	0.09%
Indonesian	80	0.03%
Taiwanese	69	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	221,677	87.4%
Spanish	20,636	8.1%
Other Indo-European	3,156	1.2%
Other	2,055	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,420	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,208	0.5%
German, other Germanic	1,005	0.4%
Other Asian	972	0.4%
Chinese	515	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	38,200	14.2%
Irish	33,580	12.5%
German	33,121	12.3%
American	20,989	7.8%
Italian	11,796	4.4%
Scottish	7,447	2.8%
European	6,145	2.3%
French	6,141	2.3%
Polish	5,190	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	3,665	1.4%
British	2,601	1.0%
Dutch	2,189	0.8%
Welsh	2,135	0.8%
Swedish	1,946	0.7%
Norwegian	1,852	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	254,009	94.6%
Not a citizen	14,558	5.4%

Native	242,373	90.2%
Foreign-born	26,194	9.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,242	3.4%	8,104	4.4%	41,368	22.6%	55,198	30.1%	50,928	27.8%	21,482	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,242	3.4%
9-12 Years	8,104	4.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	41,368	22.6%
Some College	55,198	30.1%
Bach. Degree	50,928	27.8%
Grad Degree	21,482	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	51,104	49,017	2,087	4.1%	5.4%
1991	53,127	51,067	2,060	3.9%	5.3%
1992	56,297	53,505	2,792	5.0%	6.6%
1993	57,270	54,946	2,324	4.1%	5.7%
1994	60,868	58,858	2,010	3.3%	5.1%
1995	64,368	62,176	2,192	3.4%	4.8%
1996	68,559	66,750	1,809	2.6%	4.6%
1997	72,649	70,944	1,705	2.3%	4.5%
1998	77,779	76,058	1,721	2.2%	4.2%
1999	82,115	80,530	1,585	1.9%	3.8%

2000	82,374	80,258	2,116	2.6%	3.5%
2001	85,646	83,163	2,483	2.9%	4.1%
2002	88,906	85,044	3,862	4.3%	5.3%
2003	91,542	87,549	3,993	4.4%	5.1%
2004	94,466	90,551	3,915	4.1%	5.1%
2005	99,913	95,459	4,454	4.5%	5.7%
2006	104,467	100,312	4,155	4.0%	5.1%
2007	109,496	105,188	4,308	3.9%	4.9%
2008	111,944	105,550	6,394	5.7%	6.8%
2009	110,278	100,023	10,255	9.3%	10.4%

2010	112,852	102,814	10,038	8.9%	10.7%
2011	113,630	104,432	9,198	8.1%	10.1%
2012	114,682	106,681	8,001	7.0%	9.0%
2013	115,546	108,491	7,055	6.1%	8.1%
2014	117,819	111,330	6,489	5.5%	7.1%
2015	118,953	113,293	5,660	4.8%	6.1%
2016	125,883	120,452	5,431	4.3%	5.4%
2017	132,261	127,259	5,002	3.8%	4.8%
2018	135,162	130,875	4,287	3.2%	4.0%
2019	137,310	133,427	3,883	2.8%	3.5%

2020	133,045	126,581	6,464	4.9%	6.5%
2021	139,672	136,005	3,667	2.6%	3.9%
2022	142,815	139,453	3,362	2.4%	3.0%
2023	144,992	141,264	3,728	2.6%	3.2%
2024	152,725	148,329	4,396	2.9%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	101,159
Median Value	$358,400

Occupied	97,023	95.9%
Vacant	4,136	4.1%

Owned	75,148	77.5%
Rented	21,875	22.5%
Median Rent	$1,580

Single-Family Units	86,781	85.8%
Detached	81,623	80.7%
Attached	5,158	5.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	10,071	10.0%
Mobile Homes	2,950	2.9%

Cherokee County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cherokee County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Cherokee County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cherokee County, GA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Cherokee County, GA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cherokee County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Cherokee County, GA