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Population and Statistics

Current Population:  80,806 (source: 2000 Census)

Peak Population of 116,000 in 1950

Current area: Approximately 24 square miles

Location: in Stark County, northeast Ohio, approximately 58 miles southeast of Cleveland, 20 miles south of Akron and 94 miles west of Pittsburgh, PA.

Incorporated as a City in 1854

Is in the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), comprised of Stark & Carroll counties, and is the 73rd largest of the 264 MSA's in the United States.

Form of Government: Statutory, Mayor/Council

Ninth (9th) largest city in Ohio, County Seat of Stark County, Ohio.

Eight cities in Ohio larger than Canton are: Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Parma Toledo, Dayton, Akron, and Youngstown.

   


Subject
All ages
18 years and over

Number
Percent
Number
Percent
         
  RACE        
         
       Total population 80,806 100.0 59,312 100.0
  One race 78,332 96.9 58,237 98.2
       White 60,164 74.5 46,695 78.7
       Black or African American 16,999 21.0 10,835 18.3
       American Indian and Alaska Native 396 0.5 289 0.5
       Asian 257 0.3 207 0.3
       Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 24 0.0 15 0.0
       Some other race 492 0.6 196 0.3
  Two or more races 2,474 3.1 1,075 1.8
         
  HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE        
         
       Total population 80,806 100.0 59,312 100.0
  Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 1,006 1.2 626 1.1
  Not Hispanic or Latino 79,800 98.8 58,686 98.9
    One race 77,471 95.9 57,681 97.3
       White 59,653 73.8 46,345 78.1
       Black or African American 16,875 20.9 10,777 18.2
       American Indian and Alaska Native 373 0.5 275 0.5
       Asian 253 0.3 203 0.3
       Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 18 0.0 9 0.0
       Some other race 299 0.4 72 0.1
    Two or more races 2,329 2.9 1,005 1.7
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File,
              Matrices PL1, PL2, PL3, and PL4.

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