The population of Cherokee county is estimated at 20,220. In 2017 there were 231 births and 257 deaths in Cherokee county. Cherokee county has 3,394 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,953 that are owned free and clear and 2,278 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Cherokee County filed 8,490 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Kansas filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Cherokee had a combined total federal tax liability of $51,688,000 on earned income of $384,281,000. Other notable statistics from Cherokee County were 320 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,163,000 and 840 charitable contributions valued at $4,847,000. 990 filings from Cherokee County paid a combined total of $1,909,000 in property taxes and 730 filings paid $3,497,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Cherokee county had 60 religious congregations with an estimated 12,062 members.
19.0% of the Cherokee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Cherokee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 10 votes.
At $42,469 the median income is 75.3% of the Kansas average. An estimated 394 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Cherokee, the equivalant of around 3.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Cherokee County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,475	Manufacturing
984	Health care and social assistance
566	Ambulatory health care services
497	Retail trade
342	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
340	Accommodation and food services
334	Restaurants and other eating places
271	Limited-service restaurants
230	Nursing and residential care facilities
213	Machinery manufacturing
179	Chemical manufacturing
154	Wholesale trade
118	Other services (except public administration)
114	Food and beverage stores
110	Finance and insurance

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