The population of Cherokee county is estimated at 48,751. In 2017 there were 624 births and 496 deaths in Cherokee county. Cherokee county has 6,757 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,023 that are owned free and clear and 6,056 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Cherokee County filed 17,720 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Oklahoma filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Cherokee had a combined total federal tax liability of $104,447,000 on earned income of $767,449,000. Other notable statistics from Cherokee County were 630 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,793,000 and 2,160 charitable contributions valued at $13,119,000. 2,220 filings from Cherokee County paid a combined total of $3,630,000 in property taxes and 1,910 filings paid $11,815,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Cherokee county had 82 religious congregations with an estimated 16,092 members.
24.0% of the Cherokee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 34% of Cherokee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,199 votes.
At $40,051 the median income is 80.0% of the Oklahoma average. An estimated 1,042 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Cherokee, the equivalant of around 5.5% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Cherokee County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,633	Health care and social assistance
1,710	Retail trade
1,226	Accommodation and food services
1,134	Food services and drinking places
1,002	Restaurants and other eating places
738	Wholesale trade
697	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
635	Ambulatory health care services
533	Limited-service restaurants
396	Full-service restaurants
323	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
323	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
322	Nursing and residential care facilities
279	Other services (except public administration)
277	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.92% in Cherokee County.

In 2018 10.62% of listings in Cherokee County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 74451 and 74464) dropped their price.

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