The population of Cherokee county is estimated at 27,883. In 2017 there were 241 births and 330 deaths in Cherokee county. Cherokee county has 4,647 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,734 that are owned free and clear and 2,372 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Cherokee County filed 11,440 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all North Carolina filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Cherokee had a combined total federal tax liability of $60,361,000 on earned income of $465,332,000. Other notable statistics from Cherokee County were 240 unemployment claims which collected a total of $813,000 and 1,920 charitable contributions valued at $10,344,000. 2,070 filings from Cherokee County paid a combined total of $3,869,000 in property taxes and 1,680 filings paid $10,746,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Cherokee county had 75 religious congregations with an estimated 12,587 members.
19.2% of the Cherokee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 50% of Cherokee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,165 votes.
At $38,283 the median income is 72.5% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 566 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Cherokee, the equivalant of around 5.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Cherokee County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,302	Retail trade
1,217	Health care and social assistance
1,168	Manufacturing
817	Accommodation and food services
711	Food services and drinking places
358	Ambulatory health care services
349	Limited-service restaurants
315	Full-service restaurants
250	Professional, scientific, and technical services
221	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
215	Food and beverage stores
198	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
188	Finance and insurance
172	Legal services
172	Offices of lawyers

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.17% in Cherokee County.

In 2018 6.43% of listings in Cherokee County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 28905 and 28906) dropped their price.

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