Ohio · Census place 3911304

Canal Fulton, Ohio

Canal Fulton is a city in Stark County, Ohio with an estimated 5,382 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 246th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,382
#246 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+1.1%
+59 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,499 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Canal Fulton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Canal Fulton population, 2020 to 2024

Canal Fulton added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 67th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Canal Fulton is 39% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,326. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Canal Fulton covers 3.59 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,499 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Canal Fulton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Canal Fulton is in

All of Canal Fulton's residents live in Stark County, which had 374,091 residents in 2024. Canal Fulton holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Canal Fulton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Canal Fulton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44614. 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 Canal Fulton is

The Census internal point of Canal Fulton is at 40.892300, -81.587900. Columbus, the capital, is 98.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Franklin, OH (13,859 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 13.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.892300, -81.587900
DMS
40°53'32.28"N 81°35'16.44"W
UTM
17N 450476.2E 4526967.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Canal Fulton

At 40.89° N, Canal Fulton gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Canal Fulton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 3.3 miles away, with 1,196 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Canal Fulton, OH?

5,382 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (1.1%) from 5,323 in July 2020.

What county is Canal Fulton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Canal Fulton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44614.

How far is Canal Fulton from Columbus?

98.3 miles (158.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Canal Fulton.

What is the nearest larger city to Canal Fulton?

New Franklin, OH, with 13,859 residents, 4.3 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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