Cherokee County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 207,641 73.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34,879 12.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 19,761 7.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,675 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 10,358 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 105 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 79 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,534 0.5%

• Under 18 64,003 22.8%
• 18–24 23,311 8.3%
• 25–44 72,235 25.7%
• 45–64 76,981 27.4%
• 65 and over 44,502 15.8%

Median household income

$116,493

90% interval $110,174–$122,812

+$36,581 vs GA · 4th of 159

Below poverty line

6.8%

90% interval 5.8%–7.8%

−6.0 pp vs GA · 154th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.63 pp vs. state

County GDP

$13.3B

1.5% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,610

Establishments

8,278

• Education & health services 17,378 23.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 15,554 21.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 11,572 15.7%
• Professional & business services 7,634 10.3%
• Construction 6,919 9.4%
• Manufacturing 5,795 7.8%
• Public administration 2,872 3.9%
• Financial activities 2,692 3.6%
• Other services 2,305 3.1%
• Information 635 0.9%
• Unclassified 322 0.4%
• Natural resources & mining 188 0.3%

Home ownership

77.3%

+11.6 pp vs GA · 46th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,799

+$406 vs GA · 4th of 159

Owner-occupied

78,464

Renter-occupied

23,050

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $99,704/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,214/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 112,142 69.1%
• Democratic 48,838 30.1%
• Other / third-party 1,301 0.8%

• Spanish 22,436 8.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,466 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 1,395 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,259 0.5%
• Chinese 676 0.3%
• Vietnamese 513 0.2%
• Korean 509 0.2%
• Arabic 142 0.1%
• Tagalog 107 0.0%

Households

101,514

Family households

76,249

75.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

25,568

33.5% of families

Single-mother families

5,122

6.7% of families

Veterans

15,827

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 77,050 28.9%
• Catholic 18,595 7.0%
• Mainline Protestant 12,754 4.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,703 2.9%
• Black Protestant 2,992 1.1%
• Orthodox 110 0.0%

Health insured

89.6%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

10.4%

±0.8 pp

127th of 159

With a disability

10.9%

±0.5 pp

151st of 159

Bachelor's or higher

41.1%

±1.2 pp

+6.2 pp vs GA · 8th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.8%

90% interval 10.9%–12.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

5 (Superior Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); State Court + Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 map effective Jan 1, 2025; statewide total 252 Superior Court judgeships per O.C.G.A. § 15-6-2 allocations.)

Court seats

Canton

Traffic fatalities

15

6.91 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14