Thornton city, Colorado
Highlights from the Census 2000 Demographic Profiles:

General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	82384	100.0	100%
Male	40978	49.7	49.1%
Female	41406	50.3	50.9%
Median age (years)	30.8	(X)	35.3
Under 5 years	7242	8.8	6.8%
18 years and over	57636	70	74.3%
65 years and over	4611	5.6	12.4%
One race	79797	96.9	97.6%
White	68137	82.7	75.1%
Black or African American	1206	1.5	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	924	1.1	0.9%
Asian	2063	2.5	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	87	0.1	0.1%
Some other race	7380	9	5.5%
Two or more races	2587	3.1	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	17583	21.3	12.5%
Average household size	2.83	(X)	2.59
Average family size	3.25	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	29573	100.0	100.0%
Occupied housing units	28882	97.7	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	22448	77.7	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	6434	22.3	33.8%
Vacant housing units	691	2.3	9.0%
Social Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Population 25 years and over	49787	100.0
High school graduate or higher	(X)	85.1	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	19.9	24.4%

Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	45976	76.3	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (population 16 years and over)	28.9	(X)	25.5
Median household income (dollars)	54445	(X)	41,994
Median family income (dollars)	58742	(X)	50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	21471	(X)	21,857
Families below poverty level	882	4	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	4270	5.2	12.4%
Housing Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes	18132	100.0
Median value (dollars)	162500	(X)	119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	(X)	(X)
With a mortgage	1255	(X)	1,088
Not mortgaged	286	(X)	295

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 1 (SF 1) and Summary File 3 (SF 3)