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County profile

Cherokee

United States · GDP 2024
#1704 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
GDP growth
+7.1%
Jobs tracked
7,678
Employers
649
Avg. wage
$43.3k
Population
30,830
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$53.6k±$3.8k
Business applications
328 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Food & accommodation31%
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing19%
Health care16%
Construction6%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,830
residents · 2025 · +6.8% since 2020
Income per capita $45.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,956
International migration−10
Natural change−1,005

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$867.6M
2019
$864.6M
2020
$905.3M
2021
$1.0B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$232.3k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$813/mo±$141/mo
Vacancy rate
28.1%±2.2%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
239 (7.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
56.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$935/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Wildfire 81Earthquake 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
144
2016
149
2017
159
2018
166
2019
174
2020
205
2021
255
2022
272
2023
277
2024
306
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Audrain$1.2BMercer$1.2BRichland$1.2BOrange$1.2BAvoyelles$1.2BRenville$1.2B
The read

Cherokee's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 7.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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