Thornton, California

History

The Western Pacific Railroad was extended to Thornton in 1907. A post office called Thornton has been in operation since 1910. The community was named for Arthur Thornton, the original owner of the town site.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km), 97.69% of it land, and 2.31% of it water.

Demographics

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Thornton first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census, one of ten CDPS (Acampo, Collierville, Dogtown, Mountain House, Peters, Terminous, Thornton, Victor, Waterloo, and Woodbridge) formed out of the deleted North Woodbridge CDP and South Woodbridge CDP.

The 2020 United States census reported that Thornton had a population of 1,004. The population density was 470.7 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Thornton was 307 (30.6%) White, 38 (3.8%) African American, 7 (0.7%) Native American, 54 (5.4%) Asian, 2 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 407 (40.5%) from other races, and 189 (18.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 654 persons (65.1%).

The census reported that 995 people (99.1% of the population) lived in households, 9 (0.9%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 323 households, out of which 115 (35.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 159 (49.2%) were married-couple households, 18 (5.6%) were cohabiting couple households, 80 (24.8%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 66 (20.4%) had a male householder with no partner present. 81 households (25.1%) were one person, and 36 (11.1%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.08.

The age distribution was 260 people (25.9%) under the age of 18, 111 people (11.1%) aged 18 to 24, 246 people (24.5%) aged 25 to 44, 240 people (23.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 147 people (14.6%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 35.2years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males.

There were 337 housing units at an average density of 158.0 /mi2, of which 323 (95.8%) were occupied. Of these, 167 (51.7%) were owner-occupied, and 156 (48.3%) were occupied by renters.

References

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