County profile
Cherokee County, OK
United States · GDP 2024
#1313 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,864
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
767
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
49,196
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$53.2k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
29.2%±1.7%
Poverty rate
18.2%±1.4%
Business applications
472 · 2025
Retail establishments
141
28.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$1.3B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
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
$4.8M
22 units · 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
3592016
3622017
3662018
3842019
4022020
4472021
5212022
5552023
5782024
6162025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -86% since 20211602021
232022
902023
482024
222025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.0 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
25.8 km
UP
Nearest port
30.0 km
OAKLEY TERMINAL, MUSKOGEE BULK MATERIAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
74.9 km
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.8k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cherokee?
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.