Moving to Tahlequah, Oklahoma

About Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Tahlequah

Tahlequah ( TAL-ə-kwah; Cherokee: ᏓᎵᏆ, daligwa [dàlígʷá]) is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is part of the Green Country region of Oklahoma and was established as a capital of the 19th-century Cherokee Nation in 1839, as part of the new settlement in Indian Territory after the Cherokee Native Americans were forced west from the American Southeast on the Trail of Tears.

The city's population was 15,753 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8.96 percent over the figure of 14,458 reported in 2000. The 2019 estimated population is 16,819.

Tahlequah is the capital of the two federally recognized Cherokee tribes based in Oklahoma, the modern Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. Tahlequah is also the county seat of Cherokee County. The main campus of Northeastern State University is located in the city.

Gender
Gender Tahlequah Oklahoma Country
Female 53.7% 50.5% 50.8%
Male 46.3% 49.5% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.054%46%Female53.7%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.012%10%13%13%12%22%8%7%2%1%$50K to $75K21.9%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Tahlequah Oklahoma Country
Less than $10,000 12% 6.7% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 10% 4.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 13% 10.7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 12.7% 10.3% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 11.9% 14.1% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 21.9% 18.5% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 8.2% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 7.1% 13.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 1.8% 4.8% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 1.4% 4.4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.06%7%24%22%6%21%10%2%2%High School or GED24%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Tahlequah Oklahoma Country
< 9th Grade 6% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 7% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 24% 31% 27.0%
Other College 22% 23% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 6% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 21% 17% 20.0%
Master's Degree 10% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 2% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Tahlequah Oklahoma  Country
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Education
 Tahlequah Oklahoma  Country
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Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.050%2%27%1%8%0%12%0%White50%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Tahlequah Oklahoma Country
White 50% 64.9% 60.1%
African American 2% 7.1% 12.2%
American Indian 27.1% 7.3% 0.6%
Asian 1.4% 2.2% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 11.8% 7.2% 2.8%
Hispanic 7.7% 10.9% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Tahlequah Oklahoma  Country
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