North Carolina · Census place 3710240

Canton, North Carolina

Canton is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,422 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 171st largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,422; #171 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: -0.0%; -1 people
Land area: 3.8 sq mi
Density: 1,179 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Canton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Canton population, 2020 to 2024

Canton lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,423. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Canton covers 3.75 square miles of land, for 1,179 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Canton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Canton is in

All of Canton's residents live in Haywood County, which had 63,048 residents in 2024. Canton holds 7.0% 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 town's land: 28716. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Canton is

The Census internal point of Canton is at 35.532100, -82.833700. Raleigh, the capital, is 236.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waynesville, NC (10,709 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 69.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.532100, -82.833700
DMS: 35°31'55.56"N 82°50'1.32"W
UTM: 17N 333753.0E 3933599.9N
Geohash: dnm45h6m6
Plus code: 867VG5J8+RG

Daylight in Canton

At 35.53° N, Canton gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 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 North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Clyde, 4.3 miles away, with 1,377 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Canton, NC?

4,422 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1 (0.0%) from 4,423 in July 2020.

What county is Canton in?

Haywood County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Canton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28716.

How far is Canton from Raleigh?

236.1 miles (380.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Canton.

What is the nearest larger city to Canton?

Waynesville, NC, with 10,709 residents, 9.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.