County · Oklahoma

Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Cherokee County, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,534 of 3,143 US counties. Within Oklahoma it ranks #43 of 77 counties. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), primary care physicians (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), voter turnout (low) and grocery stores (low).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,534 of 3,143 counties
Oklahoma: #43 of 77 in OK
Population: 49,196 (2025)
Land area: 749 mi²
Density: 65.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 40021

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety31#2,127/3,096
Economy20#2,509/3,143
Housing56#1,385/3,140
Health10#2,841/3,144
Healthcare46#1,689/3,143
Environment12#2,740/3,108
Education50#1,565/3,144
Infrastructure27#2,297/3,144
Community8#2,900/3,144
Leisure & amenities36#2,003/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cherokee County, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health providers · high484 /100k
91/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care physicians · high85 /100k
85/100Oklahoma 60 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Job growth · high2.3%
84/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Effective property tax rate · low0.49%
82/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Public EV charging ports · high8.1 /10k
82/100Oklahoma 3.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Bachelor's degree or higher · high29.2%
74/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high44.4%
5/100Oklahoma 40.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Voter turnout · low48.6%
5/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
7/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Child care cost burden · high39.6%
7/100Oklahoma 36.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Food environment index · low6.0
9/100Oklahoma 5.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · high145 mi
10/100Oklahoma 61 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
4% (2021) → 63% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+59 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.4 /10k (2020) → 0.8 /10k (2025)
+91%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New homes permittedWorsening
3.4 /1k (2021) → 0.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−84%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.3% (2015-2019) → 82.8% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
29.6% (2020 & 2021) → 39.6% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Primary care physiciansImproving
58 /100k (2019) → 85 /100k (2022)
+48%3 yearsUS 77 /100k → 76 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cherokee County, Oklahoma improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 17 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Uninsured−8.3 points24.2% → 15.9%
Rent burden−6.4 points48.8% → 42.4%
Broadband+14 points69.3% → 82.8%
Weekly wage+28%$777 → $994
Violent crime−22%242 /100k → 190 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.8× → 3.2×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Cherokee County, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.8 /10k2020	3.7 /10k2025	−4.3%	Within the margin of error	27%
Average commute time	24.3 min2015-2019	23.8 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Average weekly wage	$7772020	$9942025	+28%	Improved	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Improved	53%
Broadband subscriptions	69.3%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	74%
Child poverty rate	27.0%2019	21.1%2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Distance to an airport	46 mi2020	46 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.6 /100k2020	24.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+60%	Within the margin of error	5%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.49%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	51%
Firearm deaths	27.6 /100k2020	29.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.4%	Within the margin of error	40%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−28%	Within the margin of error	12%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+91%	Within the margin of error	92%
High school diploma or higher	86.5%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	48%
Homicide rate	7.8 /100k2020	6.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Within the margin of error	34%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,7402019	$54,0302024	+29%	Improved	35%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4732015-2019	0.4552020-2024	−0.018	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$45,5442019	$54,7052024	+20%	Improved	25%
New business applications	6.9 /1k2020	9.6 /1k2025	+40%	Improved	45%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+9.4%	Within the margin of error	88%
Poverty rate	21.4%2019	17.8%2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Property crime rate	1,970 /100k2020	1,200 /100k2025	−39%	Improved	56%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+0.1%	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent-burdened households	48.8%2015-2019	42.4%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Improved	82%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	7.3 /10k2025	−1.6%	Within the margin of error	44%
Students per teacher	15.5×2019	15.0×2024	−0.5×	Little change	44%
Suicide rate	19.9 /100k2020	27.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+36%	Within the margin of error	10%
Traffic deaths	19.7 /100k2015-2019	15.9 /100k2020-2024	−19%	Within the margin of error	78%
Unemployment rate	5.2%2020	3.4%2025	−1.8 points	Improved	31%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.2%2019	15.9%2024	−8.3 points	Improved	99%
Violent crime rate	242 /100k2020	190 /100k2025	−22%	Improved	58%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Cherokee County, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cherokee County, Oklahoma in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cherokee County, Oklahoma itself moved +3 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

47,942 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

18,698 households (±271)

Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k21%4,019
$25k–50k26%4,849
$50k–75k17%3,158

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

18,698 households (±271)

Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own66%12,291
Rent34%6,407

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−2.6 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

20,527 workers (±614)

Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone73%14,981
Carpool13%2,686
Public transit0.4%†79

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Tahlequah, OK

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Cherokee County has 767 employer establishments, 159 for every 10,000 residents (0.64× the US rate of 248; 0.67× Oklahoma's), with 8,864 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,247. The Census Bureau also counts 3,402 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 767; 3,402 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 159; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 8,864
Average annual pay: $42,247; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cherokee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	70	14.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	1,271	$21,552	15
Ambulatory health care services	66	13.7	0.66×Fewer than typical	589	$56,896	151
Specialty trade contractors	37	7.7	0.50×Fewer than typical	204	$40,216	347
Full-service restaurants	34	7.1	0.92×About typical	451	$17,381	8
Lessors of real estate	29	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	55	$36,764	209
Limited-service restaurants	29	6	0.75×Fewer than typical	719	$15,364	5
Religious organizations	29	6	1.09×About typical	123	$22,553	—
Offices of other health practitioners	23	4.8	0.79×Fewer than typical	112	$39,670	83
Gasoline stations	20	4.2	1.28×More than typical	163	$25,644	—
Legal services	20	4.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	74	$38,149	31
Construction of buildings	19	3.9	0.52×Fewer than typical	39	$29,051	214
General merchandise stores	17	3.5	2.00×More than typical	509	$28,053	22

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 48,121 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $74M on contracts performed in Cherokee County, Oklahoma: $1,504 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $74M; +1,036% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,504; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$64M86%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$9.9M13%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$39.5K0.1%
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$33K0.0%

Top recipients

ALBERICI CONSTRUCTORS INC$63.8M86%
CHEROKEE NATION$10M13%
ALLSTATE TERMITE AND PEST SOLUTIONS INC.$154.6K0.2%
NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY$39.5K0.1%
ROSA SALAS$10.1K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

13.3MFY2017
4.6MFY2018
14.5MFY2019
6MFY2020
17.6MFY2021
14.7MFY2022
7.1MFY2023
8.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$63.8M86%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$9.9M13%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$154.6K0.2%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$39.5K0.1%
Social advocacy organizations · 8133$33K0.0%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212

Largest awards

FORT GIBSON REPLACE SPILLWAY BRIDGE$63.8M
ALBERICI CONSTRUCTORS INC· Cherokee County, OK· Construction & real property· Dec 15, 2025 – Mar 27, 2026· W912BV26CA003
AWARD FOR THE TALKING LEAVES JOB CORPS CENTER WITH OUTREACH AND ADMISSIONS AND CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES$21.2M
CHEROKEE NATION· Cherokee County, OK· Education & social services· Jul 31, 2024 – Aug 28, 2026· 1605JW24C0005
MOWING SERVICES FOR TENKILLER AND WEBBERS FALLS LAKES.$309.2K
ALLSTATE TERMITE AND PEST SOLUTIONS INC.· Cherokee County, OK· Facilities & utilities· Mar 31, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026· W912BV25PA005
EO 14398 - EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PHAASE CHANGE MATERIAL-INTEGRATED FIREFIGHTER TURNOUT GEAR ON A FULL BODY MANIKIN

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $522.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cherokee County, Oklahoma: $10,620 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $522.4M; −3.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,620; US $12,955
Loan face value: $35.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$166.7M32%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$55.8M11%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Cherokee County, Oklahoma compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Cherokee County, Oklahoma
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
FY2017	$272	$1,436
FY2018	$94.12	$1,552
FY2019	$296	$1,654
FY2020	$128	$1,880
FY2021	$369	$1,810
FY2022	$306	$1,917
FY2023	$147	$2,079
FY2024	$178	$2,047
FY2025	$132	$2,165
FY2026	$1,504 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
FY2017	$1.28	$93.28
FY2018	$1.42	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$37.89	$145
FY2021	$125	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$4,944	$5,748
FY2022	$4,513	$5,221
FY2023	$3,275	$5,364
FY2024	$5,106	$5,501
FY2025	$4,319	$5,732
FY2026	$5,585

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$549	$298
FY2022	$650	$357
FY2023	$568	$301
FY2024	$1,714	$319
FY2025	$975	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$1,134	$239
FY2022	$1,031	$185
FY2023	$861	$229
FY2024	$1,126	$229
FY2025	$1,343	$249
FY2026	$1,234

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$1,053	$2,304
FY2022	$510	$2,197
FY2023	$557	$2,274
FY2024	$657	$2,267
FY2025	$856	$2,397
FY2026	$823

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$480	$1,186
FY2022	$166	$465
FY2023	$2.08	$76.52
FY2024	$16.33	$120
FY2025	$22.34	$148
FY2026	$14.68

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Cherokee County, Oklahoma
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Cherokee County, Oklahoma and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	0.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2024

$1,714 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $589 (2.9× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/40021

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cherokee County, Oklahoma is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Josh BrecheenR-OK-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Cherokee County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Tahlequah, OK15Central county

Cities and towns in Cherokee County

Places whose residents live mostly in Cherokee County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/40021

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	−3.8%	−4.2%
2015	−2.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+3.3%
2018	+4.1%	+6.8%
2019	+7.3%	+10.5%
2020	+18.8%	+19.4%
2021	+27.5%	+26.1%
2022	+32.6%	+30.6%
2023	+34.7%	+35.0%
2024	+44.5%	+41.0%
2025	+52.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	−4.1%	−5.5%
2015	+0.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+4.1%
2018	+8.9%	+8.9%
2019	+15.0%	+13.5%
2020	+20.4%	+20.8%
2021	+34.7%	+32.1%
2022	+32.8%	+35.4%
2023	+40.3%	+42.9%
2024	+46.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	1.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	+4.8%	−6.9%
2015	+11.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+10.3%	+4.7%
2018	+18.2%	+7.5%
2019	+25.5%	+14.0%
2020	+36.5%	+16.9%
2021	+16.5%	+21.0%
2022	+36.1%	+29.7%
2023	+38.9%	+34.9%
2024	+50.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	20.6%	15.5%
2015	21.5%	14.7%
2016	23.2%	14.0%
2017	21.2%	13.4%
2018	21.0%	13.1%
2019	21.4%	12.3%
2020	19.6%	11.9%
2021	21.8%	12.8%
2022	18.5%	12.6%
2023	18.7%	12.5%
2024	17.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	5.8%	6.2%
2015	5.0%	5.3%
2016	4.9%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	3.7%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	5.2%	8.1%
2021	4.0%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	−3.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+2.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+46.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+61.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+67.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+72.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+76.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	—	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	—	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	25.8%	13.5%
2015	19.8%	10.9%
2016	21.5%	10.0%
2017	24.4%	10.2%
2018	22.8%	10.4%
2019	24.2%	10.8%
2020	24.4%	10.4%
2021	22.3%	10.2%
2022	17.1%	9.5%
2023	17.3%	9.5%
2024	15.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	United States
2014	4.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−4.0 points	−4.4 points	−6.4 points to −2.9 points
Year −2	−4.2 points	−0.3 points	−3.9 points to +6.9 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−3.5 points	−2.4 points	−7.7 points to +1.7 points
Year +1	−1.9 points	−4.1 points	−6.5 points to −2.0 points

Year	Cherokee County, Oklahoma	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.5 per 1,000 people	+0.6 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to +1.5 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−1.4 per 1,000 people	+0.4 per 1,000 people	−0.1 per 1,000 people to +1.1 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−0.9 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people	−0.7 per 1,000 people to +0.7 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−1.4 per 1,000 people	+0.4 per 1,000 people	−0.1 per 1,000 people to +0.9 per 1,000 people

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