Cherokee County, Alabama

Cherokee County population, land area and income

Cherokee County had 26,138 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 553.5 square miles of land. It ranks 40th of 67 in Alabama by population and 66th by land area. That works out to 47.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Alabama has 33,813 residents; Cherokee County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $56,400 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Cherokee County's population changed since 2020

Cherokee County gained 1,157 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.6%. That ranks 12th of 67 in Alabama for growth. The median Alabama county changed by +0.2%, and the state as a whole by +2.5%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Cherokee County recorded 954 births and 1,850 deaths, a natural change of -896. Net international migration added +147 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,880. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,880 people.

Where Cherokee County is

The Census internal point of Cherokee County is at 34.069500, -85.654200. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Alabama's 67 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Cherokee County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Cherokee County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Cherokee County, 6,796 people together, or 26% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Cherokee County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Centre with 3,845.

Counties bordering Cherokee County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Cherokee County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Calhoun County, AL, with 116,427 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Calhoun County

  116,427 people

  23 mi SSW

• Etowah County

  103,207 people

  22 mi W

• GA

  Floyd County, GA

  101,390 people

  29 mi ENE

• DeKalb County

  73,122 people

  28 mi NNW

• GA

  Polk County, GA

  44,610 people

  27 mi E

• GA

  Chattooga County, GA

  25,306 people

  33 mi NNE

• Cleburne County

  15,905 people

  29 mi SSE

Distance to Montgomery and the nearest big city

Montgomery is 122.8 miles SSW of Cherokee County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA (population 112,003), 68.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Jacksonville, AL (population 14,651), 18.8 miles away.

Cherokee County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Cherokee County is 01019: state code 01 for Alabama plus county code 019. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $56,400.