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Census data for Canton, TX (pop. 4,279), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.
Canton is the location of the Van Zandt County courthouse. A glimpse of Canton across the street from the courthouse. Canton is a city in and the county seat of Van Zandt County in East Texas, United States. It is located about 40 miles west of Tyler. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 4,229.
Canton Demographics. According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Canton was: White: 94.74% Black or African American: 2.78% Two or more races: 1.75% Other race: 0.42% Asian: 0.19% Native American: 0.12% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0% State. Texas. County. Hunt County. Kaufman County. Van Zandt County. Land Area (mi²)
31 sie 2023 · Racial distribution of Canton population: 95.07% are White, 3.60% are Black or African American, 0.12% are American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.22% are Asian, 0.34% are some other race and 0.65% are multiracial.
The majority race in Canton overall is white, making up 88.1% of residents. The next most-common racial group is hispanic at 6.5%. There are more white people in the west areas of the city.
In 2022, there were 33.3 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.96k people) in Canton, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 119 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 90 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.
The racial breakdown in Canton is 93.3% White, 4.3% Black or African American, 0% Asian, 0.1% American Indian and 0% Native Hawaiian - 3.9% of the population identify as Hispanic or Latino. Of all households, 95.5% reported speaking English only, while 3.5% reported speaking Spanish only.
