| Population | 4,272 |
| Nationwide Rank | 5174 |
Canton, North Carolina is the 5,174th largest city in the United States as of 2017.
Canton, North Carolina is a town.
Canton, North Carolina is as large as it has ever been. In 2017 Canton had its largest population ever.
Canton, North Carolina's growth is about average. 43% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5164 | Rogersville, Tennessee | 4,283 | 0.9% |
| 5165 | American Falls, Idaho | 4,280 | 4.3% |
| 5166 | Spring Valley Village, Texas | 4,280 | 18.3% |
| 5167 | Winona, Mississippi | 4,280 | -21.1% |
| 5168 | Indian Rocks Beach, Florida | 4,276 | -16.8% |
| 5169 | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | 4,276 | 2.5% |
| 5170 | Dimmitt, Texas | 4,275 | -1.4% |
| 5171 | Severance, Colorado | 4,275 | 537.1% |
| 5172 | Hometown, Illinois | 4,274 | -4.1% |
| 5173 | Magee, Mississippi | 4,274 | 1.8% |
| 5174 | Canton, North Carolina | 4,272 | 6.3% |
| 5175 | Prescott, Wisconsin | 4,272 | 13.9% |
| 5176 | Greenville, Kentucky | 4,269 | -2.6% |
| 5177 | Hokes Bluff, Alabama | 4,269 | 3.0% |
| 5178 | Rockmart, Georgia | 4,269 | 8.5% |
| 5179 | Argo, Alabama | 4,268 | 147.9% |
| 5180 | Cornelia, Georgia | 4,265 | 16.2% |
| 5181 | Dillon, Montana | 4,264 | 0.0% |
| 5182 | Freeburg, Illinois | 4,262 | 4.2% |
| 5183 | Holmes Beach, Florida | 4,261 | -14.2% |
| 5184 | Mitchell, Indiana | 4,261 | -7.3% |
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3398 | Clinton | 8,539 | -0.9% |
| 3444 | Conover | 8,368 | 23.8% |
| 3479 | Roxboro | 8,290 | -4.8% |
| 3500 | Fletcher | 8,233 | 93.9% |
| 3510 | Siler City | 8,190 | 15.4% |
| 3530 | Black Mountain | 8,150 | 8.0% |
| 3611 | Brevard | 7,890 | 15.8% |
| 3648 | Oak Island | 7,789 | 16.8% |
| 3654 | Butner | 7,778 | 20.5% |
| 3690 | Rolesville | 7,666 | 674.3% |
| 3698 | Marion | 7,640 | 11.2% |
| 3704 | Aberdeen | 7,625 | 116.9% |
| 3814 | Mills River | 7,294 | 27.5% |
| 3829 | Wendell | 7,261 | 64.3% |
| 3836 | Hillsborough | 7,231 | 31.7% |
| 3842 | Forest City | 7,210 | -4.2% |
| 3872 | Kill Devil Hills | 7,117 | 20.4% |
| 3881 | Gibsonville | 7,096 | 51.8% |
| 3930 | Oak Ridge | 6,917 | 67.2% |
| 3933 | King | 6,904 | 14.4% |
| 4008 | Unionville | 6,705 | 34.2% |
| 4014 | Selma | 6,684 | 9.6% |
| 4030 | Trinity | 6,628 | -1.4% |
| 4090 | Marvin | 6,490 | 350.6% |
| 4091 | Woodfin | 6,489 | 16.2% |
| 4154 | Hamlet | 6,314 | 1.7% |
| 4160 | Carolina Beach | 6,270 | 22.6% |
| 4251 | Boiling Spring Lakes | 6,028 | 98.9% |
| 4266 | Cherryville | 5,978 | 8.1% |
| 4462 | St. James | 5,514 | 532.3% |
| 4475 | Nashville | 5,487 | 23.7% |
| 4481 | Bessemer City | 5,472 | 2.6% |
| 4507 | Stokesdale | 5,413 | 65.5% |
| 4514 | Whiteville | 5,396 | 4.5% |
| 4564 | Williamston | 5,302 | -10.7% |
| 4578 | Wadesboro | 5,276 | -5.7% |
| 4583 | Mocksville | 5,271 | 23.9% |
| 4585 | Zebulon | 5,268 | 28.6% |
| 4624 | Sawmills | 5,180 | 4.7% |
| 4637 | Ayden | 5,143 | 9.1% |
| 4648 | Walkertown | 5,120 | 23.0% |
| 4674 | Angier | 5,091 | 50.7% |
| 4758 | Raeford | 4,934 | 29.1% |
| 4768 | Erwin | 4,919 | 8.9% |
| 4780 | Archer Lodge | 4,903 | |
| 4793 | Long View | 4,886 | 2.9% |
| 4805 | Ahoskie | 4,874 | -1.1% |
| 4808 | Pleasant Garden | 4,869 | 3.1% |
| 4844 | Midway | 4,792 | 6.3% |
| 4889 | Edenton | 4,708 | -5.6% |
| 4892 | Farmville | 4,706 | 6.1% |
| 4900 | Dallas | 4,698 | 25.0% |
| 4901 | Boiling Springs | 4,687 | 20.5% |
| 4917 | Granite Falls | 4,659 | 0.5% |
| 4926 | Mount Olive | 4,650 | 2.0% |
| 4949 | Newport | 4,617 | 37.7% |
| 5001 | Creedmoor | 4,518 | 87.5% |
| 5057 | Valdese | 4,431 | -5.7% |
| 5096 | Cramerton | 4,376 | 46.3% |
| 5169 | North Wilkesboro | 4,276 | 2.5% |
| 5174 | Canton | 4,272 | 6.3% |
| 5210 | Pittsboro | 4,221 | 77.0% |
| 5215 | Spindale | 4,218 | 5.8% |
| 5224 | China Grove | 4,202 | 13.9% |
| 5243 | Jamestown | 4,167 | 34.4% |
| 5245 | Beaufort | 4,164 | 9.7% |
| 5261 | Carolina Shores | 4,146 | 120.4% |
| 5271 | Randleman | 4,131 | 14.9% |
| 5287 | Burgaw | 4,110 | 18.7% |
| 5299 | Shallotte | 4,092 | 130.1% |
| 5310 | Trent Woods | 4,077 | -3.4% |
| 5343 | Rutherfordton | 4,031 | -3.4% |
| 5357 | Franklin | 4,007 | 4.8% |
| 5387 | Elkin | 3,978 | -4.8% |
| 5392 | Gamewell | 3,971 | 3.1% |
| 5401 | Wingate | 3,959 | 63.1% |
| 5424 | Tabor City | 3,922 | 54.4% |
| 5425 | Wallace | 3,919 | 17.0% |
| 5431 | Weaverville | 3,911 | 33.4% |
| 5448 | Sunset Beach | 3,894 | 83.7% |
| 5525 | Lake Park | 3,790 | 77.1% |
| 5543 | Fairview | 3,770 | 22.4% |
| 5566 | Benson | 3,732 | 23.8% |
| 5572 | Southport | 3,725 | 53.0% |
| 5581 | Eastover | 3,710 | -3.2% |
| 5585 | Stanley | 3,703 | 20.8% |
| 5588 | Hudson | 3,698 | 20.4% |
| 5597 | Emerald Isle | 3,683 | 5.6% |
| 5618 | Lowell | 3,654 | 36.9% |
| 5650 | Midland | 3,615 | 41.1% |
| 5666 | Ranlo | 3,599 | 61.4% |
| 5674 | Lillington | 3,582 | 22.8% |
| 5719 | Louisburg | 3,533 | 10.0% |
| 5752 | Kitty Hawk | 3,496 | 16.6% |
| 5753 | Plymouth | 3,496 | -15.4% |
| 5756 | Wilkesboro | 3,491 | 9.0% |
| 5764 | Elizabethtown | 3,473 | -9.1% |
| 5789 | Red Oak | 3,442 | 26.0% |
| 5809 | Maiden | 3,419 | 4.7% |
| 5821 | Red Springs | 3,408 | -2.0% |
| 5886 | Flat Rock | 3,331 | 23.6% |
| 5920 | Troy | 3,301 | -6.5% |
| 5925 | Whispering Pines | 3,297 | 58.8% |
| 5926 | Windsor | 3,297 | 42.3% |
| 5969 | Spencer | 3,256 | -3.0% |
| 6010 | Swansboro | 3,210 | 81.7% |
| 6020 | Rural Hall | 3,196 | 30.1% |
| 6039 | Locust | 3,176 | 24.7% |
| 6097 | Polkton | 3,125 | 59.3% |
| 6110 | Landis | 3,114 | 2.0% |
| 6117 | Warsaw | 3,107 | 1.8% |
| 6123 | Wallburg | 3,104 | 8.0% |
| 6167 | River Bend | 3,065 | 4.7% |
| 6211 | Pembroke | 3,016 | 10.0% |
| 6219 | Mineral Springs | 3,007 | 62.3% |
| 6244 | Granite Quarry | 2,983 | 32.8% |
| 6266 | Murfreesboro | 2,963 | 20.5% |
| 6321 | Nags Head | 2,904 | 7.1% |
| 6335 | Yadkinville | 2,889 | 1.5% |
| 6344 | Southern Shores | 2,883 | 29.9% |
| 6504 | Cajah's Mountain | 2,735 | 1.0% |
| 6537 | Wentworth | 2,713 | -2.3% |
| 6565 | Marshville | 2,690 | 13.1% |
| 6578 | Troutman | 2,680 | 51.7% |
| 6583 | Sylva | 2,678 | 9.9% |
| 6606 | Grifton | 2,663 | 17.5% |
| 6607 | La Grange | 2,663 | -6.0% |
| 6608 | Tobaccoville | 2,663 | 16.5% |
| 6611 | Liberty | 2,659 | 0.0% |
| 6644 | Wilson's Mills | 2,626 | 92.3% |
| 6659 | Fairmont | 2,612 | 0.1% |
| 6680 | Bermuda Run | 2,593 | 81.4% |
| 6738 | Wrightsville Beach | 2,548 | -1.6% |
| 6834 | Haw River | 2,472 | 29.6% |
| 6846 | Carthage | 2,463 | 24.0% |
| 6882 | Coats | 2,436 | 30.4% |
| 6918 | Mayodan | 2,409 | -2.3% |
| 6920 | Norwood | 2,409 | -6.8% |
| 6951 | Maxton | 2,383 | -12.2% |
| 6959 | Holly Ridge | 2,377 | 186.3% |
| 6998 | St. Pauls | 2,351 | 16.8% |
| 7004 | Enfield | 2,347 | -4.2% |
| 7014 | Surf City | 2,342 | 58.6% |
| 7052 | Laurel Park | 2,315 | 16.6% |
| 7169 | Green Level | 2,247 | 3.4% |
| 7186 | Jonesville | 2,234 | -1.2% |
| 7265 | Taylorsville | 2,179 | 19.9% |
| 7295 | Calabash | 2,158 | 66.5% |
| 7320 | Rockwell | 2,142 | 8.6% |
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4,272 | 5,174 |
| 2016 | 4,252 | 5,175 |
| 2015 | 4,190 | 5,212 |
| 2014 | 4,159 | 5,220 |
| 2013 | 4,144 | 5,210 |
| 2012 | 4,174 | 5,173 |
| 2011 | 4,171 | 5,170 |
| 2010 | 4,227 | 5,113 |
| 2009 | 3,855 | 5,311 |
| 2008 | 3,881 | 5,276 |
| 2007 | 3,898 | 5,247 |
| 2006 | 3,949 | 5,187 |
| 2005 | 3,960 | 5,153 |
| 2004 | 3,975 | 5,126 |
| 2003 | 3,944 | 5,126 |
| 2002 | 3,953 | 5,102 |
| 2001 | 3,984 | 5,053 |
| 2000 | 4,016 | 5,005 |
| 1990 | 4,069 | 4,661 |