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Cherokee County, Alabama

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Population:

  • Total Population: 23,988
  • Males: 11,790
  • Females: 12,198

Ethnicity:

  • White: 22,229
  • Black/African American: 1,273
  • Hispanic: 232
  • Native American/Eskimo: 88
  • Asian: 34
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
  • Other: 0
  • 2 or more: 132

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (22,085)
  2. Spanish (300)
  3. German (50)
  4. French (15)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 259

  1. Guatemala (54)
  2. Romania (46)
  3. United Kingdom (35)
  4. Korea (31)
  5. Germany (20)
  6. Vietnam (17)
  7. Peru (15)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Southern Baptist Convention (9,983)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (2,033)
  3. Churches of Christ (216)
  4. Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (197)
  5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (113)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 10,933
    • Sensory: 1,076
    • Physical: 2,937
    • Mental: 1,475
    • Self-care: 882
    • Go outside home: 2,088
    • Employment: 2,379

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 365

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 9,719
    • Utility gas: 1,326
    • Bottled or LP gas: 4,287
    • Electricity: 3,789
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 87
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 200
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 6
    • No fuel used: 24

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 18,826
    • No vehicle: 1,107
    • 1 or more vehicle: 17,719

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 372
    • No High School: 1,950
    • Some High School: 3,816
    • High School: 5,865
    • Some College: 2,477
    • Associate's Degree: 709
    • College Degree: 928
    • Master's Degree: 537
    • Professional Degree: 151
    • Doctoral Degree: 20

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 9,719
    • Owners with phone: 7,612
    • Owners without phone: 330
    • Renters with phone: 1,594
    • Renters without phone: 183

    10 closest counties:

    1. DeKalb County, Alabama
    2. Chattooga County, Georgia
    3. Floyd County, Georgia
    4. Etowah County, Alabama
    5. Polk County, Georgia
    6. Calhoun County, Alabama
    7. Cleburne County, Alabama
    8. Haralson County, Georgia
    9. Jackson County, Alabama
    10. Marshall County, Alabama

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    35959, 35960, 35973, 35983, 36275

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • WEIS (990 AM) CENTRE, AL
    • WZTQ (1560 AM) CENTRE,, AL
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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