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Canton, MS

10,863 Population
21.3 square miles 510.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$21,764 ±$2,853 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,883 ±$632
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$34,812 ±$3,624 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $60,489 ±$1,100
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

33% ±7.4% (3,431  ±771) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.4% 103,026 (±0.7% / ±4,258)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

23.7 minutes ±5.8 (99,550  ±28,799) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,324,715 (±0.5 / ±147,160)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

4,611 ±446 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 236,483 ±1,501
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.2 ±0.2 (10,189  ±51) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 591,502 (±0 / ±458)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.5% ±2.9% (121  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.3% 7,823 (±0.4% / ±566)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

4,997 ±467 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 270,686 ±200
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$111,800 ±$16,324 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $188,500 ±$3,737
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

11.4% ±3.6% (1,233  ±383.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 70,806 (±0.6% / ±3,348.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

76.8% ±7.3% (5,659  ±651.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.1% 363,603 (±1.2% / ±5,009.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
22.1% ±4.4% (1,630  ±340) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 31.6% 130,296 (±0.8% / ±3,198.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±1.6% (324  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.6% 16,091
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

2.1% ±1.2% (182  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6% 28,011 (±0.3% / ±1,198)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
182 Total veterans ±106 152 Male ±88 30 Female ±58

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