Oklahoma · Census place 4013750
Cherokee, Oklahoma
Cherokee is a city in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma with an estimated 1,453 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 164th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,453
- #164 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- -0.9%
- -13 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 712 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Cherokee population, 2020 to 2024
Cherokee lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Cherokee covers 2.04 square miles of land, for 712 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Cherokee is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cherokee is in
All of Cherokee's residents live in Alfalfa County, which had 5,712 residents in 2024. Cherokee holds 25.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cherokee
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cherokee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73728. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cherokee is
The Census internal point of Cherokee is at 36.750700, -98.357700. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 99.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Helena, OK (1,533 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 85.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.750700, -98.357700
- DMS
- 36°45'2.52"N 98°21'27.72"W
- UTM
- 14N 557335.7E 4067409.6N
- Geohash
- 9yd11f607
- Plus code
- 8683QJ2R+7W
Daylight in Cherokee
At 36.75° N, Cherokee gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cherokee
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Helena, 14.9 miles away, with 1,533 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cherokee, OK?
1,453 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 13 (0.9%) from 1,466 in July 2020.
What county is Cherokee in?
Alfalfa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cherokee?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73728.
How far is Cherokee from Oklahoma City?
99.2 miles (159.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Cherokee.
What is the nearest larger city to Cherokee?
Helena, OK, with 1,533 residents, 14.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.