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Cherokee County
30,373Population
5.6 %Change since 2020
685Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 30,373 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.6 %
- Net migration
- 685 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 28,774 (2020)
- Births
- 279 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Deaths
- 460 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -181
- International migration
- -8 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 693 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 22.6
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37039
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.9 % |
| 2023 | 3.8 % |
| 2022 | 4.0 % |
| 2021 | 4.9 % |
| 2020 | 7.7 % |
| 2019 | 4.3 % |
| 2018 | 4.4 % |
| 2017 | 4.9 % |
| 2016 | 5.5 % |
| 2015 | 6.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 30,373 |
| 2023 | 29,952 |
| 2022 | 29,431 |
| 2021 | 29,188 |
| 2020 | 28,864 |