BREAKING NEWS! (6:47 A.M.) CANTON LOSES 2.3% IN POPULATION SINCE 2010 CENSUS

A 542 Person Loss Over Past Year (2015-2015)

(UPDATED 4:15 PM)

STARK COUNTY WIDE DATA
VILLAGES & CITIES DATA
TOWNSHIP DATA

Over the past year, U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) data estimates that Canton's population has dipped another 542 to 72,323 continuing a steady decline since a July, 2010 estimate.

Canton is Stark County's county seat and the largest city in the county.

In today's Cleveland Plain Dealer (PD, Cleveland.com), reporter Rich Exner earlier this morning wrote (Link to PD search engine to find particular data)  about the latest Bureau estimates for Ohio and its political subdivisions.

This continuing population decline news comes as in recent days Canton mayor Thomas Bernabei is recommending that Canton City Council hire Cleveland city planner Donn Angus at $110,000 annually at its June 5th upcoming meeting.



Angus bested 17 other applicants for the post to the degree that Mayor Bernabei is quoted in an area media report as saying that had Angus not accepted the position, Canton would have reposted the posting for a new round of applicants.

To The Stark County Political Report Bernabei who is the SCPR's top rated Stark County elected public official is making it clear that reviving Canton as a leading Ohio city is his administration's top priority.

Bernabei already has "a right-hand-man" in Building Department second-in-command J.R. Rinaldi working nonstop on fixing Canton's neighborhoods.

The continuing population decline indicates that there remains much to be done.

Stark County as a whole has had a decline, to wit:

Stark's villages and cities have had a mixed result, to wit:

Canton government officials appear to be making a valiant effort to reverse the downward trend.

Stark County government seems to be sitting back and simply letting things happen.

To complete the Stark County population growth/decline picture, here is a listing of the townships from largest (Plain) to the smallest (Sandy).

And in order  from growth to decline.