Cherokee County, NC
Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
%
Change |
Components of Change |
Total
Population
Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion |
Net
Domestic
Migration |
| 1970 | 16,330 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 16,700 | 2.3 | 370 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 16,900 | 1.2 | 200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 16,900 | 0.0 | 0 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 17,100 | 1.2 | 200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 17,700 | 3.5 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 18,300 | 3.4 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 18,400 | 0.5 | 100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 18,500 | 0.5 | 100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 18,600 | 0.5 | 100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 18,933 | 1.8 | 333 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 19,158 | 1.2 | 225 |
311 | 208 | - | - |
| 1982 | 19,302 | 0.8 | 144 |
223 | 166 | - | - |
| 1983 | 19,314 | 0.1 | 12 |
229 | 178 | - | - |
| 1984 | 19,529 | 1.1 | 215 |
238 | 187 | - | - |
| 1985 | 19,675 | 0.7 | 146 |
224 | 190 | - | - |
| 1986 | 19,665 | -0.1 | -10 |
205 | 204 | - | - |
| 1987 | 20,033 | 1.9 | 368 |
212 | 209 | - | - |
| 1988 | 20,255 | 1.1 | 222 |
219 | 204 | - | - |
| 1989 | 20,181 | -0.4 | -74 |
208 | 213 | - | - |
| 1990 | 20,170 | -0.1 | -11 |
152 | 163 | - | - |
| 1991 | 20,377 | 1.0 | 207 |
300 | 255 | 5 | 82 |
| 1992 | 20,531 | 0.8 | 154 |
250 | 234 | 7 | 73 |
| 1993 | 20,899 | 1.8 | 368 |
240 | 227 | 2 | 294 |
| 1994 | 21,485 | 2.8 | 586 |
237 | 219 | 2 | 496 |
| 1995 | 21,980 | 2.3 | 495 |
248 | 271 | 8 | 426 |
| 1996 | 22,327 | 1.6 | 347 |
244 | 279 | 8 | 291 |
| 1997 | 22,851 | 2.3 | 524 |
242 | 266 | 2 | 450 |
| 1998 | 23,427 | 2.5 | 576 |
281 | 271 | 4 | 456 |
| 1999 | 23,956 | 2.3 | 529 |
256 | 278 | 5 | 436 |
| 2000 | 24,298 | 1.4 | 342 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 24,534 | 1.0 | 236 |
332 | 387 | 12 | 301 |
| 2002 | 24,676 | 0.6 | 142 |
283 | 306 | 6 | 176 |
| 2003 | 24,897 | 0.9 | 221 |
258 | 329 | -3 | 304 |
| 2004 | 25,203 | 1.2 | 306 |
255 | 314 | 7 | 385 |
| 2005 | 25,497 | 1.2 | 294 |
265 | 320 | 3 | 370 |
| 2006 | 26,091 | 2.3 | 594 |
303 | 338 | 5 | 639 |
| 2007 | 26,436 | 1.3 | 345 |
255 | 295 | 3 | 364 |
| 2008 | 26,568 | 0.5 | 132 |
264 | 326 | 5 | 164 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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