Poverty Rate in Cherokee County, OK
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18.2%
Rank #2,480/3,222 · #50 in OK
23th
Cherokee 18.2%
OK 15.3% +18.8%
US 12.6% +44.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Cherokee County's poverty rate of 18.2% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Cherokee County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,477 | Laclede County, MO | 18.2% |
| #2,478 | Benton County, OR | 18.2% |
| #2,479 | Saginaw County, MI | 18.2% |
| #2,480 | Cherokee County, OK | 18.2% |
| #2,481 | Story County, IA | 18.2% |
| #2,482 | Rio Arriba County, NM | 18.2% |
| #2,483 | Franklin County, NY | 18.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Cherokee County, Oklahoma has a poverty rate of 18.2%, ranking #2,480 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 44.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Oklahoma, it ranks #50 of 77. This places it in the 23th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.