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County profile

Cherokee

United States · GDP 2024
#2030 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$796.7M
GDP growth
+6.1%
Jobs tracked
4,338
Employers
391
Avg. wage
$43.2k
Population
26,413
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$53.9k±$4.5k
Business applications
244 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Retail trade25%
Manufacturing22%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation16%
Admin & support12%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,413
residents · 2025 · +5.7% since 2020
Income per capita $48.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,312
International migration+125
Natural change−1,043

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$594.5M
2019
$565.8M
2020
$664.7M
2021
$737.0M
2022
$751.2M
2023
$796.7M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$179.7k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$762/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
30.7%±2.7%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
21 (0.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
63.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$844/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 90Tornado 83Earthquake 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
140
2016
142
2017
149
2018
158
2019
164
2020
184
2021
222
2022
230
2023
263
2024
269
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Palo Alto$796.3MBertie$797.9MMontague$798.4MPrentiss$799.4MWashburn$799.5MSac$793.7M
The read

Cherokee's economy produced $796.7M in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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