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Cherokee

United States · GDP 2024
#1313 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
+7.4%
Jobs tracked
8,864
Employers
767
Avg. wage
$45.8k
Population
49,196
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$53.2k±$2.4k
Business applications
472 · 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
Health care39%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation21%
Admin & support6%
Construction6%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
49,196
residents · 2025 · +4.5% since 2020
Income per capita $45.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,214
International migration+221
Natural change−325

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.5k±$6.3k
Median gross rent
$831/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±1.1%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
22 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
76.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$948/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Wildfire 95Heat wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
359
2016
362
2017
366
2018
384
2019
402
2020
447
2021
521
2022
555
2023
578
2024
616
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.8k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Dunn$1.9BRavalli$1.9BBoone$1.9BVan Zandt$1.9BHalifax$1.9BCheatham$1.9B
The read

Cherokee's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 7.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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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