Texas · Census place 4812496

Canton, Texas

Canton is a city in Van Zandt County, Texas with an estimated 4,841 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 388th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,841; #388 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +13.5%; +575 people
Land area: 6.2 sq mi; + 0.47 sq mi water
Density: 786 / sq mi; State median 1,561

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

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Canton population, 2020 to 2024

Canton added 575 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.5%. In the latest year it moved by +111.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,254. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Canton covers 6.16 square miles of land and 0.47 of water, for 786 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Canton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Canton is in

All of Canton's residents live in Van Zandt County, which had 65,304 residents in 2024. Canton holds 7.4% 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: 75103. 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 32.554200, -95.863500. Austin, the capital, is 192.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mabank, TX (7,021 people), 19.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tyler, TX, 36.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 32.554200, -95.863500
DMS: 32°33'15.12"N 95°51'48.60"W
UTM: 15N 231119.2E 3605484.6N
Geohash: 9vgc4w63f
Plus code: 8646H43P+MJ

Daylight in Canton

At 32.55° N, Canton gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 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 Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Edgewood, 9.5 miles away, with 1,752 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Canton, TX?

4,841 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 575 (13.5%) from 4,266 in July 2020.

What county is Canton in?

Van Zandt 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: 75103.

How far is Canton from Austin?

192.5 miles (309.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Canton.

What is the nearest larger city to Canton?

Mabank, TX, with 7,021 residents, 19.1 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.