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Canton, MS Urban Area

25,703 Population
23.6 square miles 1,088.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,477 ±$4,634 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,779 ±$6,649 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.2% ±3.2% (5,617  ±871) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±2.1 (246,970  ±37,687) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,518 ±723 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (25,115  ±1,509) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±1.8% (247  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,117 ±736 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$289,300 ±$19,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±4.1% (3,367  ±1,066.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.9% ±5.8% (14,735  ±1,311.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.6% ±4.6% (6,961  ±884.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

4.1% ±1.4% (1,059  ±360) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±1.8% (1,016  ±355) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,016 Total veterans ±355 929 Male ±327 87 Female ±83

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