2022 population: 70,589
( 2,418 from 2010
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Land area: 26.3 square miles
Population density: 2681.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 42,900 | 60.77% | ![]() |
Black: | 17,522 | 24.82% | ![]() |
Indian: | 14 | 0.02% | ![]() |
Asian: | 353 | 0.50% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 5,959 | 8.44% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 3,623 | 5.13% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 27,689 | 39.23% | ![]() |
2010-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Change in White population: | -6,691 | -11.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 4,273 | 7.1 |
Age, Family & Household Data for Canton city, OH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 34,733 | |
Median Value | $86,200 | |
Occupied | 30,466 | 87.7% |
Vacant | 4,267 | 12.3% |
Owned | 14,692 | 48.2% |
Rented | 15,774 | 51.8% |
Median Rent | $793 | |
Single-Family Units | 24,359 | 70.1% |
Detached | 23,344 | 67.2% |
Attached | 1,015 | 2.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 5,487 | 15.8% |
Mobile Homes | 118 | 0.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,667 | 8.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,930 | 9.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,812 | 5.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,482 | 8.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,661 | 8.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,856 | 6.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,649 | 5.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,657 | 5.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,520 | 5.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,532 | 8.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,408 | 7.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 3,256 | 10.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 973 | 3.2% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 854 | 2.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 694 | 2.3% |
$200,000 or more | 515 | 1.7% |
Median Household Income | 37,627 | |
Per Capita Income | 22,649 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 3,397 | 11.2% |
Public Assistance | 2,834 | 9.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 9,157 | 30.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 25,998 | 62.3% |
Unemployed | 2,664 | 6.4% |
In Armed Forces | 81 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 28,743 | 68.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 12,957 | 31.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 37.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 10,726 | 10,243 | 51.2% |
Non-Profit | 810 | 2,515 | 24.4% |
Self-Employed | 1,246 | 665 | 65.2% |
Local Government | 699 | 1,264 | 35.6% |
State Government | 84 | 393 | 17.6% |
Federal Government | 149 | 155 | 49.0% |
Total Private + Self | 11,972 | 10,908 | 52.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,742 | 4,327 | 28.7% |
Total | 13,714 | 15,235 | 47.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 9.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 3,201 | 11.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 6,138 | 21.2% |
Professional, Technical | 4,476 | 15.5% |
Service Occupations | 6,716 | 23.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 79 | 0.3% |
All others | 8,418 | 29.1% |
White Collar | 47.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 5,320 | 18.4% |
Manufacturing | 5,307 | 18.3% |
Retail trade | 3,502 | 12.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 3,143 | 10.9% |
Other services | 1,534 | 5.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,468 | 5.1% |
Construction | 1,416 | 4.9% |
Educational services | 1,331 | 4.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 999 | 3.5% |
Finance and insurance | 914 | 3.2% |
Wholesale trade | 858 | 3.0% |
Public administration | 856 | 3.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 614 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 534 | 1.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 428 | 1.5% |
Information | 378 | 1.3% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 131 | 0.5% |
Utilities | 126 | 0.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 85 | 0.3% |
Management | 5 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,073 | 1.52% |
Puerto Rican | 793 | 1.12% |
Cuban | 93 | 0.13% |
Dominican | 76 | 0.11% |
Total Central American | 1,125 | 1.59% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 466 | 0.66% |
Honduran | 268 | 0.38% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 3 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 388 | 0.55% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 37 | 0.05% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 14 | 0.02% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 23 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 426 | 0.60% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 114 | 0.16% |
Indian | 66 | 0.09% |
Cambodian | 64 | 0.09% |
Korean | 53 | 0.08% |
Vietnamese | 19 | 0.03% |
Burmese | 10 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 62,793 | 96.0% |
Spanish | 1,885 | 2.9% |
Other Indo-European | 255 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 142 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 100 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 85 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 49 | 0.1% |
Other | 41 | 0.1% |
Korean | 18 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 13,161 | 18.6% |
Irish | 8,192 | 11.6% |
African | 7,196 | 10.2% |
English | 5,423 | 7.7% |
Italian | 4,466 | 6.3% |
European | 3,211 | 4.5% |
American | 2,805 | 4.0% |
French | 1,719 | 2.4% |
Polish | 1,641 | 2.3% |
Greek | 801 | 1.1% |
Welsh | 662 | 0.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 647 | 0.9% |
Hungarian | 619 | 0.9% |
Dutch | 538 | 0.8% |
Swiss | 466 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 69,524 | 98.5% |
Not a citizen | 1,065 | 1.5% |
Native | 68,786 | 97.4% |
Foreign-born | 1,803 | 2.6% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
1,747 | 3.8% | 4,244 | 9.1% | 18,131 | 39.1% | 15,706 | 33.8% | 4,556 | 9.8% | 2,042 | 4.4% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,747 | 3.8% |
9-12 Years | 4,244 | 9.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 18,131 | 39.1% |
Some College | 15,706 | 33.8% |
Bach. Degree | 4,556 | 9.8% |
Grad Degree | 2,042 | 4.4% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +933 | R +912 | R + 4.7% | |
D +21 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +1,971 | R +7,292 | R + 23.7% | |
D -5,321 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +1,421 | R +7,777 | R + 23.0% | |
D -6,356 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +488 | R +6,865 | R + 18.3% | |
D -6,377 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) ![]() | Diff (US) ![]() | PSV | |||||
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2020 | 45% | Joe Biden (D) | 14,761 | 59.1% | Donald Trump* (R) | 9,759 | 39.1% | 471 | 1.9% | 24,991 | -14 | -8 | 0.42% |
2016 | 45% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 14,740 | 59.4% | Donald Trump (R) | 8,826 | 35.5% | 1,267 | 5.1% | 24,833 | -16 | -10 | 0.45% |
2012 | 52% | Barack Obama* (D) | 20,082 | 70.6% | Mitt Romney (R) | 7,788 | 27.4% | 592 | 2.1% | 28,462 | -20 | -20 | 0.51% |
2008 | 54% | Barack Obama (D) | 21,117 | 69.9% | John McCain (R) | 8,338 | 27.6% | 771 | 2.6% | 30,226 | -19 | -18 | 0.53% |
2004 | 55% | John Kerry (D) | 21,230 | 67.2% | George W. Bush* (R) | 10,210 | 32.3% | 169 | 0.5% | 31,609 | -19 | -18 | 0.56% |
2000 | 43% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 15,773 | 61.1% | George W. Bush (R) | 8,971 | 34.7% | 1,092 | 4.2% | 25,836 | -15 | -13 | 0.55% |
2020 President, Canton city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 14,761 | 59.1% | |||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 9,759 | 39.1% | |||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 326 | 1.3% | |||||||||
Other | 145 | 0.6% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 24,991 | ||||||||||
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2016 President, Canton city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 14,740 | 59.4% | |||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 8,826 | 35.5% | |||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 778 | 3.1% | |||||||||
Other | 489 | 2.0% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 24,833 | ||||||||||
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2012 President, Canton city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 20,082 | 70.6% | |||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 7,788 | 27.4% | |||||||||
Other | 592 | 2.1% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 28,462 | ||||||||||
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2008 President, Canton city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 21,117 | 69.9% | |||||||||
John McCain (R) | 8,338 | 27.6% | |||||||||
Other | 771 | 2.6% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 30,226 | ||||||||||
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2004 President, Canton city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 10,210 | 32.3% | |||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 21,230 | 67.2% | |||||||||
Other | 169 | 0.5% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 31,609 | ||||||||||
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2000 President, Canton city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 8,971 | 34.7% | |||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 15,773 | 61.1% | |||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 657 | 2.5% | |||||||||
Other | 435 | 1.7% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 25,836 | ||||||||||
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Year | Type | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff ![]() | PSV | |||||
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2022 | S3 | 27% | Tim Ryan (D) | 9,101 | 60.5% | J.D. Vance (R) | 5,944 | 39.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 15,045 | -14 | 0.36% |
2022 | G | 27% | Nan Whaley (D) | 7,590 | 50.4% | Mike DeWine* (R) | 7,474 | 49.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 15,064 | -13 | 0.36% |
2018 | S1 | 33% | Sherrod Brown* (D) | 12,541 | 68.0% | Jim Renacci (R) | 5,901 | 32.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 18,442 | -15 | 0.42% |
2018 | G | 33% | Richard Cordray (D) | 11,518 | 62.3% | Mike DeWine (R) | 6,261 | 33.9% | 708 [+] | 3.8% | 18,487 | -17 | 0.42% |
2016 | S3 | 44% | Ted Strickland (D) | 13,186 | 53.8% | Rob Portman* (R) | 9,599 | 39.2% | 1,716 [+] | 7.0% | 24,501 | -19 | 0.46% |
2014 | G | 23% | John Kasich* (R) | 6,242 | 49.4% | Edward FitzGerald (D) | 5,961 | 47.2% | 432 [+] | 3.4% | 12,635 | -14 | 0.41% |