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Canton township, Lewis County, MO

3,725 Population
55.1 square miles 67.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lewis County: 37.6 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,183 ±$5,762 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lewis County: $28,581 ±$2,569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,074 ±$14,846 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lewis County: $59,934 ±$3,745
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±4.8% (351  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lewis County: 12.7% † 1,161 (±3% / ±271)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±3.4 (31,320  ±7,290) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lewis County: 23.8 † 95,935 (±2.7 / ±12,711)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,231 ±128 Number of households
  • Lewis County: 3,185 ±143
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,093  ±220) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lewis County: 2.9 9,131 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±4.6% (46  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lewis County: 4.9% † 107 (±2.4% / ±53)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,574 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Lewis County: 4,320 ±29
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,600 ±$24,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lewis County: $130,200 † ±$13,476
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±4.7% (481  ±176.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lewis County: 8.7% † 852 (±2% / ±200.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±8% (1,923  ±244.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lewis County: 88.5% 5,553 (±4.9% / ±316.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.3% ±5.2% (497  ±123.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lewis County: 16.8% † 1,057 (±2.3% / ±147)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.5% ±1.4% (56  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lewis County: 0.6% 59
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.7% (139  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lewis County: 6.8% † 534 (±1.8% / ±139)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
139 Total veterans ±56 129 Male ±55 10 Female ±15

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