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People QuickFacts | Canton | Mississippi
Population, 2012 estimate | 13,218 | 2,986,450
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 13,189 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.2% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 13,189 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.9% | 7.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 27.5% | 25.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.8% | 12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.8% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 19.5% | 59.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 74.7% | 37.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 0.8% | 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 5.5% | 2.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 18.8% | 58.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 84.8% | 85.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 6.1% | 2.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 7.9% | 3.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 70.4% | 81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 20.0% | 20.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 439 | 207,673
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 21.6 | 23.9
Housing units, 2010 | 4,933 | 1,274,719
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 49.8% | 69.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 26.1% | 13.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $96,400 | $100,200
Households, 2008-2012 | 4,655 | 1,087,791
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.7 | 2.64
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $16,710 | $20,670
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $35,064 | $38,882
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 30.2% | 22.3%
Business QuickFacts | Canton | Mississippi
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,356 | 225,977
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 51.0% | 18.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 42.0% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 102,678 | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 200,286 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,972 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 25,364 | 7,045,097
Geography QuickFacts | Canton | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 21.24 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 621.1 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 11100 | 28
Counties | Madison County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts