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Cherokee County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 40 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01019

Within Alabama
Cherokee County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Centre, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
26,413
+1,435 (+5.7%) since 2020
Land area
553.6
square miles. A further 7.7% of the total area is water
Population density
47.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Centre
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Centre city
Population 3,912.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Cherokee County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Cherokee County, Alabama from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 535 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Cherokee County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Alabama, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn AlabamaNationally
Population26,41340th of 671,559th of 3,144
Land area553.6 sq mi66th of 671,880th of 3,144
Population density47.7 per sq mi36th of 671,521st of 3,144
Median household income$53,86335th of 672,542nd of 3,143

Full data for Cherokee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,413Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,978Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,981Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area553.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area46.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area600 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?47.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,863American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$179,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,192American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,702American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-213
198 births, 411 deaths
Net migration
+537
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Cherokee County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
DeKalb CountyAlabama39 mi74,085
Etowah CountyAlabama21 mi103,886
Chattooga CountyGeorgia17 mi25,300
Floyd CountyGeorgia14 mi101,378
Calhoun CountyAlabama13 mi115,834
Cleburne CountyAlabama9.0 mi15,970
Polk CountyGeorgia8.2 mi45,514

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Alabama

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.