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Cherokee, AL

Colbert County, Alabama

Latitude: 34.758297     Longitude: -87.968549
Population 1,183 (2005)
Elevation of Cherokee, Alabama: 540 feet



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0114152, place: Cherokee town, Alabama)

Total Population: 1,237
Male: 592 (47.86%)
Female: 645 (52.14%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 90 (7.28%)
5 to 9 years: 88 (7.11%)
10 to 14 years: 85 (6.87%)
15 to 19 years: 69 (5.58%)
20 to 24 years: 60 (4.85%)
25 to 34 years: 167 (13.5%)
35 to 44 years: 153 (12.37%)
45 to 54 years: 164 (13.26%)
55 to 59 years: 74 (5.98%)
60 to 64 years: 66 (5.34%)
65 to 74 years: 115 (9.3%)
75 to 84 years: 88 (7.11%)
85 years and over: 18 (1.46%)

Median age: 38.4 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 931 (75.26%)
21 years and over: 891 (72.03%)
62 years and over: 267 (21.58%)
65 years and over: 221 (17.87%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 931 (75.26%)
--Male: 420 (33.95%)
--Female: 511 (41.31%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 221 (17.87%)
--Male: 94 (7.6%)
--Female: 127 (10.27%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 1,223 (98.87%)
--White: 963 (77.85%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 6 (0.49%)
--Black or African American: 250 (20.21%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 4 (0.32%)
--Asian: 0 (0%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 0 (0%)
Two or more Races: 14 (1.13%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 6 (0.49%)
--Mexican: 3 (0.24%)
--Puerto Rican: 1 (0.08%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 2 (0.16%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 1,231 (99.51%)
--White Alone: 963 (77.85%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 1,237 (100%)
--Householder: 510 (41.23%)
--Spouse: 264 (21.34%)
--Child: 362 (29.26%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 259 (20.94%)
--Other relatives: 70 (5.66%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 38 (3.07%)
--Nonrelatives: 31 (2.51%)
----Unmarried partner: 19 (1.54%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 510
Family households (families): 371 (72.75%)
----With own children under 18 years: 153 (30%)
--Married-couple families: 264 (51.76%)
----With own children under 18 years: 94 (18.43%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 84 (16.47%)
----With own children under 18 years: 47 (9.22%)
Nonfamily households: 139 (27.25%)
--Householder living alone: 129 (25.29%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 69 (13.53%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 179 (35.1%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 167 (32.75%)
Average household size: 2.43 people
Average family size: 2.88 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 557
Occupied housing units: 510 (91.56%)
Vacant housing units: 47 (8.44%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2 (0.36%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 4.3%
Occupied housing units: 510 (91.56%)
Owner occupied housing units: 400 (71.81%)
Renter occupied housing units: 110 (19.75%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.37 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.63 people

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