- State:TexasCounty:Cherokee CountyZips:75759,75764,75759,75772,75784,75780,75976,75925,75785,75766Coordinates:31.836954928610506, -95.16518321265677Area total:1062.17 sq. mi., 2751.01 sq. km, 679790.08 acresArea land:1052.96 sq. mi., 2727.14 sq. km, 673891.20 acresArea water:9.22 sq. mi., 23.87 sq. km, 5898.88 acresEstablished:1846Capital seat:
Rusk
Address: 135 S Main St
County Courthouse
Rusk, TX 75785-1351
Governing Body: Commisioners Court with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Cherokee County, Texas, United States
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- Population:50,412; Population change: -0.85% (2010 - 2020)Population density:48 persons per square mileHousehold income:$35,513Households:17,281Unemployment rate:7.90% per 21,303 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.25%GDP:$1.41 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Cherokee County's population of Texas of 43,180 residents in 1930 has increased 1,17-fold to 50,412 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 49.35% female residents and 50.65% male residents live in as of 2020, 64.64% in Cherokee County, Texas are married and the remaining 35.36% are single population.
As of 2020, 64.64% in Cherokee County, Texas are married and the remaining 35.36% are single population.
- Housing units:20,838 residential units of which 86.34% share occupied residential units.
24.9 minutes is the average time that residents in Cherokee County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
75.92% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 17.75% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.27% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.86% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Cherokee County, Texas 64.09% are owner-occupied homes, another 22.41% are rented apartments, and the remaining 13.50% are vacant.
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The 56.18% of the population in Cherokee County, Texas who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 71.240%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 28.080%) of those eligible to vote in Cherokee County, Texas.
