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Canton, MS Urban Area

25,467 Population
23.6 square miles 1,078.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$40,606 ±$4,549 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$58,688 ±$9,801 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

22.3% ±4.1% (5,560  ±1,107) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.1 minutes ±2.2 (260,195  ±39,895) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

10,557 ±740 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (24,806  ±1,834) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.9% ±1.8% (258  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,194 ±709 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$275,300 ±$12,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.6% ±3.3% (2,688  ±864.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.9% ±5% (14,844  ±1,325.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
40.6% ±4.5% (7,019  ±906.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.7% ±1.2% (945  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.8% ±2% (1,111  ±384) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,111 Total veterans ±384 1,026 Male ±359 85 Female ±77

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