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The map
ReservableBookable through October 31; an off-peak season follows November 1 to March 31.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:19 UTC
A night
$23–$25Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
130All of them booked ahead
Photos · Nikisha Cook
500 ftLongest rig
1,660 ftElevation
429 ftWater · Canton Lake
12.6 miSW of Fairview, OK
0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices

In the agency’s own words

Canadian Campground is located at Canton Lake in northwest Oklahoma on the North Canadian River, just 2.5 miles from the town of Canton. Canton Lake hosts a large number of campers, picnickers, boaters, fishermen, and hunters every year, as one of the few places in western Oklahoma to offer all of these activities. Keep reading

Recreation

Canton Lake is known for its fishing opportunities, especially walleye fishing. The Walleye Rodeo fishing derby is held annually in mid-May and draws thousands of visitors to the area for the 4 day event. Use of personal watercraft,. tubing and water skiing are popular on the broad expanse of water paralleling the dam where winds are subdued and the lake's gently sloping sandy beaches are inviting for swimmers and sunbathers.

Facilities

This campground's central location, scenic setting, and excellent facilities make it a very popular destination. It offers 120 family sites and one day-use group picnic shelter, all with electrical hookups. Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, 2 dump stations, three boat ramps and a playground.

Natural Features

The shores of Canton Lake and the North Canadian River have several varieties of trees natural to the area which include eastern cottonwood, post and blackjack oak and black willow. The campground has these species and also has been suplimented with other shade tree species including American and lacebark elm, sycamore and silver maple.

Nearby Attractions

A major attraction for hunters is the 14,862-acre Canton Wildlife Management Area. This area, operated by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, is home to whitetail der, wild turkey, bobwhite quail, squirrel, rabbits, dove and several varieties of waterfowl. There are several resturants located within 3 miles of the lake and also a casino and 9 hole golf course. Roman Nose State Park and Glass Mountains State Park are only about a half hour or so drive from the lake. There is also a Disc Golf Course about 4 miles away in the Big Bend Recreation Area.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

There are no sewer site hookups at this campground

Rule

2-night minimum required during the annual Walleye Rodeo

Rule

Maximum of two tents per campsite, or one RV and one tent per campsite

Everything else this campground posts · 5
Rule

Pets are not allowed at the Sandy Cove beach day-use area

Rule

Gate House hours: April 1-30 & Tuesday following Labor Day to September 30 - 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. May 1 to Labor Day - 11:00 am to 9:00 pm.

Rule

From November - March, electricity will remain on and water will be off and only pit toilet restroom facilities will be available.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Rule

Fees are collected by self-payment through Recreation.gov in October - March. Showerhouses may be winterized and closed in late October.

Read them on the agency’s own page →
Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites
130
Hookups
130 electric, 123 water
Longest rig
77 ft
Paved pads
All
Accessible sites
None listed
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Pit Toilets
“…hookups. Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, 2 dump stations, three…”
Showers
Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
“Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, 2 dump stations, three boat ramps and a playground.”
Drinking water
Yes
“…include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, 2 dump stations, three boat ramps and a…”
Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp
Yes
Playground
Yes
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Beach
Disc Golf
Fishing
Hunting
Jet Skiing
Picnicking
Water sports
Night sky · 22nd darkest of 106 in OK
Bortle 4
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026
Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

159 of 242 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:19 UTC

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough October 31Bookable now through October 31, 2026, the end of the peak season. The off-peak season that follows runs November 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027; recreation.gov releases it on its own schedule, so check there before counting on those nights.recreation.gov
Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night$23–$25plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$54–$58DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

We’ll write once, when the season that starts Sun, Nov 1 2026 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 16

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, per site$23–$25
30 Amp Standard Electric$23
50 Amp RV Electric$25
50 Amp RV Electric$25
Group area, a night$40
The agency has already scheduled a change from Apr 1, 2027: $25 to $27 a night.
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 1, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$31–$33
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$54–$58

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $23–$25 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5
Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026
Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026
The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026
Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026
The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025
Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:19 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

131 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 131 mapped sites
56 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Most roomLoop CANA SHELTE 571 ftLoop CANA B31 132 ftLoop CANA B25 102 ftLoop CANA B44 93 ftLoop CANA B24 92 ft
Least roomLoop CANA B18 27 ftLoop CANA B19 27 ftLoop B B05 38 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 131 records

131 of 131 records located
RV / electric130Day use1
A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A08A09A10A11A12A13A14A15A16A17A18A19A20A21A22A23A24A25A26A27A28A29A30A31A32A33A34A35A36A37A38A39A40A41A42A43A44A45A46A47A48A49A50A51A52A53A54A55A56A57A58A59A60A61A62A63A64A65A66A67A68A69A70A71A72A73A74A75A76A77B11B12B13B14B15B16B17B18B19B20B21B22B23B24B25B26B27B28B29B30B31B32B33B34B35B36B37B38B39B40B41B42B43B44B45B46B47B48B49B50B51B52B53SHELTEB01B02B03B04B05B06B07B08B09B10
Aerial · Esri World Imagery
Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026
Imagery: Esri World Imagery
SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 130 of the 131 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

CANAA01standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft319 ft$23–$25
CANAA02standard electric45 ft50 amp57 ft321 ft$23–$25
CANAA03standard electric45 ft50 amp57 ft335 ft$23–$25
CANAA04standard electric45 ft50 amp51 ft338 ft$23–$25
CANAA05standard electric45 ft50 amp51 ft347 ft$23–$25
CANAA06standard electric45 ft50 amp54 ft357 ft$23–$25
CANAA07standard electric45 ft50 amp54 ft367 ft$23–$25
CANAA08standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft387 ft$23–$25
CANAA09standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft407 ft$23–$25
CANAA10standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft430 ft$23–$25
CANAA11standard electric45 ft50 amp57 ft461 ft$23–$25
CANAA12standard electric45 ft50 amp57 ft483 ft$23–$25
CANAA13standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft505 ft$23–$25
CANAA14standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft521 ft$23–$25
CANAA15standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft539 ft$23–$25
CANAA16standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft563 ft$23–$25
CANAA17standard electric45 ft50 amp64 ft598 ft$23–$25
CANAA18standard electric45 ft50 amp61 ft247 ft$23–$25
CANAA19standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft260 ft$23–$25
CANAA20standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft261 ft$23–$25
CANAA21standard electric45 ft50 amp62 ft269 ft$23–$25
CANAA22standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft278 ft$23–$25
CANAA23standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft299 ft$23–$25
CANAA24standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft322 ft$23–$25
CANAA25standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft346 ft$23–$25
CANAA26standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft370 ft$23–$25
CANAA27standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft395 ft$23–$25
CANAA28standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft415 ft$23–$25
CANAA29standard electric45 ft50 amp59 ft429 ft$23–$25
CANAA30standard electric45 ft50 amp59 ft449 ft$23–$25
CANAA31standard electric45 ft50 amp61 ft478 ft$23–$25
CANAA32standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft185 ft$23–$25
CANAA33standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft176 ft$23–$25
CANAA34standard electric45 ft50 amp64 ft171 ft$23–$25
CANAA35standard electric45 ft50 amp49 ft354 ft$23–$25
CANAA36standard electric45 ft50 amp49 ft356 ft$23–$25
CANAA37standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft374 ft$23–$25
CANAA38standard electric45 ft50 amp59 ft341 ft$23–$25
CANAA39standard electric45 ft50 amp59 ft281 ft$23–$25
CANAA40standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft229 ft$23–$25
CANAA41standard electric45 ft50 amp54 ft179 ft$23–$25
CANAA42standard electric45 ft50 amp54 ft139 ft$23–$25
CANAA43standard electric45 ft50 amp69 ft125 ft$23–$25
CANAA44standard electric45 ft50 amp69 ft142 ft$23–$25
CANAA45standard electric45 ft50 amp64 ft174 ft$23–$25
CANAA46standard electric45 ft50 amp64 ft194 ft$23–$25
CANAA47standard electric45 ft50 amp76 ft452 ft$23–$25
CANAA48standard electric45 ft50 amp57 ft460 ft$23–$25
CANAA49standard electric45 ft50 amp45 ft394 ft$23–$25
CANAA50standard electric45 ft50 amp43 ft344 ft$23–$25
CANAA51standard electric45 ft50 amp49 ft300 ft$23–$25
CANAA52standard electric45 ft50 amp49 ft275 ft$23–$25
CANAA53standard electric45 ft50 amp54 ft433 ft$23–$25
CANAA54standard electric45 ft50 amp43 ft387 ft$23–$25
CANAA55standard electric45 ft50 amp51 ft359 ft$23–$25
CANAA56standard electric45 ft50 amp51 ft326 ft$23–$25
CANAA57standard electric45 ft50 amp52 ft293 ft$23–$25
CANAA58standard electric45 ft50 amp68 ft259 ft$23–$25
CANAA59standard electric45 ft50 amp55 ft418 ft$23–$25
CANAA60standard electric45 ft50 amp55 ft371 ft$23–$25
CANAA61standard electric45 ft50 amp62 ft328 ft$23–$25
CANAA62standard electric45 ft50 amp63 ft288 ft$23–$25
CANAA63standard electric45 ft50 amp67 ft251 ft$23–$25
CANAA64standard electric45 ft50 amp55 ft181 ft$23–$25
CANAA65standard electric45 ft50 amp55 ft216 ft$23–$25
CANAA66standard electric45 ft50 amp66 ft264 ft$23–$25
CANAA67standard electric45 ft50 amp71 ft326 ft$23–$25
CANAA68standard electric45 ft50 amp55 ft466 ft$23–$25
CANAA69standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft515 ft$23–$25
CANAA70standard electric45 ft50 amp60 ft533 ft$23–$25
CANAA71standard electric45 ft50 amp72 ft329 ft$23–$25
CANAA72standard electric45 ft50 amp57 ft401 ft$23–$25
CANAA73standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft453 ft$23–$25
CANAA74standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft508 ft$23–$25
CANAA75standard electric45 ft50 amp59 ft569 ft$23–$25
CANAA76standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft626 ft$23–$25
CANAA77standard electric45 ft50 amp58 ft660 ft$23–$25
CANAB11standard electric40 ft50 amp51 ft791 ft$23–$25
CANAB12standard electric40 ft50 amp51 ft843 ft$23–$25
CANAB13standard electric40 ft50 amp52 ft892 ft$23–$25
CANAB14standard electric40 ft50 amp52 ft942 ft$23–$25
CANAB15standard electric35 ft50 amp51 ft965 ft$23–$25
CANAB16standard electric40 ft50 amp50 ft951 ft$23–$25
CANAB17standard electric40 ft50 amp45 ft944 ft$23–$25
CANAB18standard electric40 ft50 amp27 ft904 ft$23–$25
CANAB19standard electric40 ft50 amp27 ft883 ft$23–$25
CANAB20standard electric40 ft50 amp50 ft849 ft$23–$25
CANAB21standard electric40 ft50 amp50 ft800 ft$23–$25
CANAB22standard electric40 ft50 amp50 ft752 ft$23–$25
CANAB23standard electric40 ft50 amp66 ft710 ft$23–$25
CANAB24standard electric40 ft50 amp92 ft683 ft$23–$25
CANAB25standard electric40 ft50 amp102 ft841 ft$23–$25
CANAB26standard electric35 ft50 amp56 ft692 ft$23–$25
CANAB27standard electric40 ft50 amp74 ft805 ft$23–$25
CANAB28standard electric40 ft50 amp56 ft700 ft$23–$25
CANAB29standard electric40 ft50 amp74 ft761 ft$23–$25
CANAB30standard electric77 ft50 amp58 ft684 ft$23–$25
CANAB31standard electric40 ft50 amp132 ft704 ft$23–$25
CANAB32standard electric40 ft50 amp53 ft570 ft$23–$25
CANAB33standard electric40 ft50 amp53 ft565 ft$23–$25
CANAB34standard electric40 ft50 amp61 ft536 ft$23–$25
CANAB35standard electric40 ft50 amp61 ft476 ft$23–$25
CANAB36standard electric40 ft50 amp51 ft409 ft$23–$25
CANAB37standard electric40 ft50 amp51 ft364 ft$23–$25
CANAB38standard electric40 ft50 amp46 ft323 ft$23–$25
CANAB39standard electric40 ft50 amp46 ft316 ft$23–$25
CANAB40standard electric40 ft50 amp66 ft313 ft$23–$25
CANAB41standard electric40 ft50 amp67 ft381 ft$23–$25
CANAB42standard electric40 ft50 amp67 ft445 ft$23–$25
CANAB43standard electric40 ft50 amp46 ft643 ft$23–$25
CANAB44standard electric40 ft50 amp93 ft542 ft$23–$25
CANAB45standard electric40 ft50 amp46 ft630 ft$23–$25
CANAB46standard electric32 ft50 amp43 ft491 ft$23–$25
CANAB47standard electric40 ft50 amp51 ft576 ft$23–$25
CANAB48standard electric34 ft50 amp43 ft472 ft$23–$25
CANAB49standard electric40 ft50 amp51 ft555 ft$23–$25
CANAB50standard electric40 ft50 amp69 ft528 ft$23–$25
CANAB51standard electric30 ft50 amp71 ft426 ft$23–$25
CANAB52standard electric33 ft50 amp56 ft372 ft$23–$25
CANAB53standard electric35 ft50 amp64 ft362 ft$23–$25
CANASHELTEday use500 ft30 amp571 ft272 ft$40
Loop BB01standard electric50 ft50 amp53 ft229 ft$23–$25
Loop BB02standard electric50 ft50 amp53 ft269 ft$23–$25
Loop BB03standard electric50 ft50 amp46 ft323 ft$23–$25
Loop BB04standard electric50 ft50 amp46 ft317 ft$23–$25
Loop BB05standard electric50 ft50 amp38 ft348 ft$23–$25
Loop BB06standard electric50 ft50 amp38 ft332 ft$23–$25
Loop BB07standard electric50 ft50 amp41 ft306 ft$23–$25
Loop BB08standard electric50 ft50 amp41 ft287 ft$23–$25
Loop BB09standard electric50 ft50 amp53 ft242 ft$23–$25
Loop BB10standard electric50 ft50 amp55 ft192 ft$23–$25

The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 131 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate36.08500, -98.60790
The phone580-886-3454
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near hereBlaine Park0.6 miBig Bend (OK)2.2 miSandy Cove2.7 miLongdale3.5 miFairview4.2 miBeaver Point62 mi
Getting there

From Canton, OK: Go .5 miles west on HWY 51, turn north on HWY 58A. Travel for 2.3 miles to a 3-way Stop. Continue straight (west) curving right to a 4 way Stop. Continue north a short distance, taking the right fork to the campground entrance.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026
Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight37°Clear
Saturday60°Sunny
Saturday Night40°Clear
Sunday64°Sunny

NWS forecast for Canton, OK

Source: National Weather Service, OUN forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 50°F, day 75°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 27°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°20°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: OKEENE, OK (USC00346629), 17 miles away and 445 ft lower
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Frank Lucas, official portrait

Canadian is in Oklahoma’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Frank Lucas (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.
Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 131 of the 130 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 14, 2026
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026
Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.35 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 106 rated federal campgrounds in Oklahoma · Sep 8, 2026
Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model
Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Canton, OK, 1.6 mi NNW. Straight line.
Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026