Canton, Illinois

Canton population, 2020 to 2024

Canton lost 445 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -72. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 323rd; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Canton is 87% of it.

Canton covers 8.39 square miles of land and 0.51 of water, for 1,537 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Canton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Canton is in

All of Canton's residents live in Fulton County, which had 32,510 residents in 2024. Canton holds 39.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Canton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Canton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61520. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Canton is

The Census internal point of Canton is at 40.563900, -90.036600. Springfield, the capital, is 57.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pekin, IL (31,266 people), 21.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 25.5 miles away.

Daylight in Canton

At 40.56° N, Canton gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Canton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Farmington, 9.4 miles away, with 2,295 people.