Cherokee, Iowa Cherokee, Iowa Location of Cherokee, Iowa Location of Cherokee, Iowa County Cherokee Website City of Cherokee Cherokee is a town/city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Cherokee County. Cherokee was laid out as a town in 1870, and was titled for the Indian tribe. Cherokee was incorporated on April 5, 1873. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.45 square miles (16.71 km2), of which, 6.43 square miles (16.65 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 5,253 citizens , 2,316 homeholds, and 1,339 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 817.0 inhabitants per square mile (315.4/km2).
There were 2,569 housing units at an average density of 399.5 per square mile (154.2/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.5% White, 1.0% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other competitions, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,316 homeholds of which 24.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.2% were non-families.
37.3% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 46.3 years.
20.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.1% were from 25 to 44; 28.9% were from 45 to 64; and 22.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,369 citizens , 2,362 homeholds, and 1,393 families residing in the city.
There were 2,556 housing units at an average density of 398.9 per square mile (154.0/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.5% White, 0.54% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.54% from other competitions, and 0.58% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,362 homeholds out of which 25.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families.
37.3% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Age spread: 23.2% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,240, and the median income for a family was $42,333.
About 5.0% of families and 7.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.
The close-by Cherokee Sewer Site is a well-preserved prehistoric Indian bison-processing site, which helped to redefine the Archaic reconstructionin the Midwest, and the Phipps Site is a National Historic Landmark 1000-year-old Plains farming village that may have been fortified.
The Cherokee County Fair, and the Cherokee Rodeo are held in the summer. Cherokee may be the smallest town in the world to have its own symphony orchestra, the Cherokee Symphony.
Cherokee is also the home of the Cherokee Mental Health Institute, under the Iowa Department of Human Services.
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