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County profile

Cherokee

United States · GDP 2024
#1152 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
GDP growth
+7.5%
Jobs tracked
17,983
Employers
935
Avg. wage
$44.9k
Population
58,275
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$50.3k±$2.3k
Business applications
687 · 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
Manufacturing47%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation9%
Health care8%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
58,275
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $43.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,261
International migration+529
Natural change−787

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.8B
2020
$1.9B
2021
$2.2B
2022
$2.2B
2023
$2.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.0k±$15.2k
Median gross rent
$869/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
12.3%±1.8%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
286 (4.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
69.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$902/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 91Tornado 83Strong wind 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
216
2016
225
2017
237
2018
256
2019
262
2020
292
2021
348
2022
394
2023
393
2024
428
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Mifflin$2.3BWest Baton Rouge$2.3BCrittenden$2.3BBarry$2.3BMercer$2.3BGallia$2.3B
The read

Cherokee's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 7.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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