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Canton Public School District, MS

20,699 Population
187.4 square miles 110.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Madison County: 39.1 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,219 ±$5,230 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Madison County: $48,905 ±$2,222
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$45,692 ±$7,737 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Madison County: $83,441 ±$2,944
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

29.4% ±4.4% (5,965  ±978) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Madison County: 11.2% † 12,278 (±1.5% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

22.2 minutes ±2 (183,740  ±29,552) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Madison County: 24.1 1,173,640 (±0.6 / ±48,060)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

9,221 ±710 Number of households
  • Madison County: 43,917 ±481
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.2 ±0.2 (20,080  ±1,344) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Madison County: 2.5 109,641 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

5.7% ±2.3% (296  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Madison County: 4% † 1,088 (±0.9% / ±243)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

10,214 ±697 Number of housing units
  • Madison County: 47,440 ±46
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$244,800 ±$49,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Madison County: $311,100 ±$10,192
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

11.2% ±3.2% (2,275  ±673.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Madison County: 11.9% † 13,181 (±1.6% / ±1,771.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

80.9% ±5% (11,777  ±1,107.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Madison County: 92.3% 69,481 (±3.1% / ±2,347.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
29.6% ±4.3% (4,309  ±690.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Madison County: 49.6% 37,354 (±2.2% / ±1,691.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

2.9% ±1.2% (609  ±252) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Madison County: 4.4% 4,932
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

3% ±1.3% (492  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Madison County: 4.6% † 3,847 (±0.6% / ±528)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
492 Total veterans ±214 429 Male ±201 63 Female ±72

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