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Cherokee County, Georgia
17,785 Black residents · 6.7% of the county · ranked 30 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Cherokee County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Cherokee County held 266,620 residents in all, of whom 17,785 — 6.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 266,620 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 17,785 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 6.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 30 of 159 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Cherokee County: 12,117 Black residents in 2010 and 17,785 in 2020. The population grew by 46.8%, and the Black share in Cherokee County moved from 5.7% to 6.7%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Cherokee County holds 17,785 of it, rank 30 in the state's order. The county page for Cherokee County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Cherokee County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Cherokee County page is their frame: 266,620 residents, 17,785 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.