Population (year 2000): 82,384, Est. population in July 2004: 102,072 (+23.9% change)
Males: 40,978 (49.7%), Females:
41,406 (50.3%)
Elevation: 5342 feet
County: Adams
Land area: 26.9 square miles
Zip code: 80233
Median resident age: 30.8 years
Median household income: $54,445 (year 2000)
Median house value: $162,500
(year 2000)
Thornton, CO residents, houses, and apartments details
Races in Thornton:
- White Non-Hispanic (72.4%)
- Hispanic (21.3%)
- Other race (9.0%)
- Two or more races (3.1%)
- American Indian (2.0%)
- Black (1.5%)
- Other Asian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (23.0%), Irish (13.2%), English (9.9%), Italian (5.8%), United States (4.8%), French (3.8%).
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For population 25 years and over in Thornton
- High school or higher: 85.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
- Unemployed: 3.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.9 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Thornton city
- Never married: 25.1%
- Now married: 58.8%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 3.3%
- Divorced: 11.2%
6.9% Foreign born (3.8% Latin America, 1.4% Asia, 1.2% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +27,008 (+48.8%). |
