Canton, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi Population (2000): 12911 Housing Units (2000): 4333 Land area (2000): 18.602233 sq. miles (48.179561 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.130202 sq. miles (0.337221 sq. km) Total area (2000): 18.732435 sq. miles (48.516782 sq. km) FIPS code: 11100 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 32.612015 N, 90.031638 W ZIP Codes (1990): 39046 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Canton, MS Canton