Category:North America/United States of America/Michigan/Canton/

Coordinates: 42°18′31″N 83°28′56″W 42.30861, -83.48222

Canton

The Charter Township of Canton, usually referred to as Canton, is a charter township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit and only twenty minutes east of Ann Arbor. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 76,366. The 2006 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau put the population at 86,539. Canton is one of Michigan's fastest growing communities. Based on statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Canton was the nation's 20th safest municipality with a population over 75,000 during 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2009. The designation is based on crime statistics in six categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft.^[1]

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