Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Torrington city GEOCODE:09-2330 CT ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 30,987 100.0% 33,687 100.0% 2,700 8.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,897 86.8% 27,735 82.3% 838 3.1 -4.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 386 1.2% 664 2.0% 278 72.0 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 30,432 98.2% 32,555 96.6% 2,123 7.0 -1.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 278 0.9% 614 1.8% 336 120.9 0.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 206 0.7% 391 1.2% 185 89.8 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 37 0.1% 64 0.2% 27 73.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 243 0.8% 446 1.3% 203 83.5 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,662 5.4% 2,299 6.8% 637 38.3 1.5 5-17.................. 5,606 18.1% 4,692 13.9% -914 -16.3 -4.2 18-24.................. 3,447 11.1% 3,228 9.6% -219 -6.4 -1.5 25-44.................. 7,921 25.6% 11,169 33.2% 3,248 41.0 7.6 45-64.................. 7,219 23.3% 6,046 17.9% -1,173 -16.2 -5.3 65 AND OVER............ 5,132 16.6% 6,253 18.6% 1,121 21.8 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,268 23.5% 6,991 20.8% -277 -3.8 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 13,925 44.9% 14,669 43.5% 745 5.3 -1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.0 35.8 0.8 2.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,965 $35,230 7,265 26.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,789 $43,081 8,292 23.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,480 $16,407 3,927 31.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,108 6.9% 1,734 5.2% -374 -17.7 -1.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,031 100.0% 13,904 100.0% 1,873 15.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,760 72.8% 9,310 67.0% 550 6.3 -5.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,002 41.6% 6,063 43.6% 1,061 21.2 2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,312 60.8% 7,627 54.9% 315 4.3 -5.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,194 26.5% 3,232 23.2% 38 1.2 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,229 10.2% 1,242 8.9% 13 1.1 -1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 627 5.2% 548 3.9% -79 -12.6 -1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,938 24.4% 3,969 28.5% 1,031 35.1 4.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -6.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 20,272 100.0% 23,468 100.0% 3,196 15.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,050 34.8% 7,988 34.0% 938 13.3 -0.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,231 11.0% 3,678 15.7% 1,447 64.9 4.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,015 100.0% 18,474 100.0% 2,459 15.4 FEMALE................ 7,298 45.6% 8,702 47.1% 1,404 19.2 1.5 EMPLOYED.............. 15,111 94.4% 17,531 94.9% 2,420 16.0 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,650 16.5% 4,252 23.0% 1,602 60.5 6.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,683 10.5% 2,182 11.8% 499 29.6 1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,782 100.0% 15,161 100.0% 2,379 18.6 OCCUPIED.............. 11,995 93.8% 13,883 91.6% 1,888 15.7 -2.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,580 63.2% 8,704 62.7% 1,124 14.8 -0.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $80,583 $148,764 68,182 84.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,415 36.8% 5,179 37.3% 764 17.3 0.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $339 $511 172 50.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,782 53.1% 7,988 52.7% 1,206 17.8 -0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 24 0.2% 32 0.2% 8 33.3 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.3 1954.0 9.7 0.5 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis