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Population (year 2000): 343. Estimated
population in July 2005: 334 (-2.6% change)
Males: 159 (46.4%), Females: 184 (53.6%)
Fillmore County
Zip code:
55922
Median resident age: 44.1 years
Median household income: $23,409 (year 2000)
Median house value: $43,300 (year 2000)
Races in Canton:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.7%)
Ancestries: Norwegian (49.9%), German (37.9%),
Irish (15.2%), English (11.1%), Czech (4.7%), Danish (3.8%).
Elevation: 1345 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Canton
- High school or higher: 85.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 5.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Canton city
- Never married: 23.4%
- Now married: 53.1%
- Separated: 3.1%
- Widowed: 9.7%
- Divorced: 10.7%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -30 (-8.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Canton:
- REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF IOWA (about 16 miles;
CRESCO, IA)
- WINNESHIEK COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
DECORAH, IA)
- VETERANS MEMORIAL (about 37 miles; WAUKON, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Canton:
- ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 46 miles; ROCHESTER,
MN; ID: RST)
- LA CROSSE MUNI (about 53 miles; LA CROSSE, WI; ID:
LSE)
- WATERLOO MUNI (about 75 miles; WATERLOO, IA; ID: ALO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Canton:
- ELLEN CHURCH FIELD (about 18 miles; CRESCO, IA; ID:
CJJ)
- FILLMORE COUNTY (about 19 miles; PRESTON, MN; ID:
FKA)
- RUSHFORD MUNI (about 21 miles; RUSHFORD, MN; ID:
55Y)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Canton:
- LUTHER COLLEGE (about 17 miles; DECORAH, IA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,566)
- NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CALMAR (about 24
miles; CALMAR, IA; FT enrollment: 2,393)
- WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; WINONA, MN;
FT enrollment: 6,568)
- SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (about 40
miles; WINONA, MN; FT enrollment: 2,969)
- ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 47
miles; ROCHESTER, MN; FT enrollment: 3,368)
- UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; FAYETTE, IA;
FT enrollment: 3,173)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE (about 53 miles;
LA CROSSE, WI; FT enrollment: 8,669)
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