Canton, Mississippi

Canton population, 2020 to 2024

Canton lost 135 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -14. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Canton is 85% of it.

Canton covers 21.28 square miles of land and 0.30 of water, for 506 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Canton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Canton is in

All of Canton's residents live in Madison County, which had 114,247 residents in 2024. Canton holds 9.4% 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: 39046. 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 32.598400, -90.032200. Jackson, the capital, is 22.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madison, MS (28,210 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 22.2 miles away.

Daylight in Canton

At 32.60° N, Canton gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 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 Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Gluckstadt, 6.4 miles away, with 3,394 people.