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Cherokee

United States · GDP 2024
#1239 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
GDP growth
+6.5%
Jobs tracked
11,002
Employers
840
Avg. wage
$47.6k
Population
53,337
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$4.4k
Business applications
602 · 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care27%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
53,337
residents · 2025 · +5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $48.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,366
International migration+215
Natural change+143

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$2.0B
2023
$2.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.3k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$933/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±2.1%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
43 (0.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
61.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$984/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 92Drought 88Heat wave 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
175
2016
185
2017
190
2018
204
2019
213
2020
236
2021
282
2022
309
2023
309
2024
325
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Columbia$2.1BNewaygo$2.1BCalaveras$2.1BTioga$2.1BFremont$2.1BLatah$2.1B
The read

Cherokee's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 6.5% 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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