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Canton Public School District, MS

21,200 Population
187.8 square miles 112.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Madison County: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,660 ±$2,247 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Madison County: $38,901 ±$1,333
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $24,369 ±$225
$41,939 ±$3,692 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Madison County: $71,824 ±$2,728
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $45,081 ±$385

24.4% ±4.2% (4,990  ±893) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Madison County: 9.6% † 9,883 (±1.2% / ±1,266)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 20.3% 585,786 (±0.3% / ±9,127)

20.2 minutes ±1.5 (180,345  ±17,720) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Madison County: 22.4 1,128,225 (±0.6 / ±37,028)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 24.8 29,583,100 (±0.2 / ±265,249)

Families

8,442 ±438 Number of households
  • Madison County: 39,635 ±567
  • Mississippi: 1,104,394 ±4,685
2.4 ±0.2 (20,357  ±999) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Madison County: 2.6 102,458 (±0 / ±391)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,889,445 (±0)

4.5% ±2.4% (232  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Madison County: 4.3% † 1,114 (±1.1% / ±273)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.2% 36,728 (±0.2% / ±1,480)

Housing

9,359 ±430 Number of housing units
  • Madison County: 43,218 ±158
  • Mississippi: 1,322,808 ±439

$153,400 ±$15,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Madison County: $219,700 ±$6,743
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $119,000 ±$847

13.8% ±3.8% (2,884  ±800.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Madison County: 11.7% † 12,084 (±1.4% / ±1,410.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 13.1% 386,200 (±0.3% / ±7,450.2)

Social

80.4% ±4.9% (11,529  ±945.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Madison County: 91.7% 63,350 (±2.6% / ±1,823.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 84.5% 1,669,565 (±0.5% / ±10,029.5)
23.8% ±3.7% (3,414  ±558.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Madison County: 48.4% 33,429 (±1.9% / ±1,287.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 22% 435,153 (±0.3% / ±5,255.8)

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

3.8% ±1.4% (801  ±288) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Madison County: 4.5% † 4,658 (±0.5% / ±506)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,469 (±0.1% / ±2,271)

4.7% ±1.5% (763  ±238) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Madison County: 5.6% † 4,389 (±0.6% / ±469)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 7.3% 165,538 (±0.1% / ±2,887)
763 Total veterans ±238 615 Male ±232 148 Female ±166

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