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Cherokee County Factsheet SFY 2013

Category Number
Families, All Income Levels11,957
Families, Below Poverty Level1,914
Population, Total48,150
Population, Under 1811,392
Population, 18 to 6429,846
Population, 65 and over6,912
OKDHS Payments and Benefits$31,711,961
Per Capita Expenditures$659
Adult Protective Services, Investigations289
Adult Protective Services, Substantiated Reports155
Child Care Payments by Vendor$513,822
Child Care Children, Unduplicated366
Child Care Licensed Facilities, Total47
Child Care Licensed Facilities, OKDHS Contracted29
Child Care Licensed Capacity, Total1,329
Child Care Licensed Capacity, OKDHS Contracted733
Child Protective Services, Investigations777
Child Protective Services, Assessments108
Child Protective Services, Substantiated Reports138
Children in Out-of-Home Care, Monthly Average105
Children with Adoption Payment6
Children with Finalized Adoption6
Developmental Disabilities Services, Persons Served146
Developmental Disabilities Services, Waiting List66
Foster Care Homes at End of Year71
Senior Nutrition, Meals28,633
Senior Nutrition, Congregate Meals15,917
Senior Nutrition, Home Delivered Meals12,716
State Supplemental, Payments$963,422
State Supplemental Persons, Monthly Average2,296
State Supplemental Cases Opened During Year724
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp), Payments$14,940,446
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Unduplicated6,132
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Monthly Average4,588
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Unduplicated13,902
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Monthly Average9,906
TANF, Payments$274,538
TANF Cases, Unduplicated159
TANF Children Only Cases, Unduplicated76
TANF Cases, Monthly Average105
TANF Persons, Unduplicated359
TANF Persons, Monthly Average225
TANF Cases Opened During Year93
TANF Hardship Extensions2

Sources:  U.S. Census and Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

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