Thornton, California

CountryUnited States

Elevation

13 ft (4.0 m)

95686

Thornton
census-designated place
Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California
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Coordinates: 38°13′34″N 121°25′29″W / 38.22611°N 121.42472°W / 38.22611; -121.42472
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Joaquin
Area ^[1]
• Total	2.184 sq mi (5.656 km²)
• Land	2.133 sq mi (5.525 km²)
• Water	0.051 sq mi (0.131 km²) 2.31%
Elevation	13 ft (4.0 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	1,004
• Density	470.7/sq mi (181.7/km²)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	95686
Area code	209
GNIS feature IDs	236291; 2628795
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thornton, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thornton, California

Thornton is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Joaquin County, California, United States.^[3] Thornton is located along Interstate 5 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of Galt. Thornton has a post office with ZIP code 95686.^[4] As of the 2020 census, Thornton had a population of 1,004.^[5]

The Western Pacific Railroad was extended to Thornton in 1907.^[6] A post office called Thornton has been in operation since 1910.^[7] The community was named for Arthur Thornton, the original owner of the town site.^[6]

Geography

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	1,131	—
2020	1,004	−11.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[8] 1850–1870^[9]^[10] 1880-1890^[11] 1900^[12] 1910^[13] 1920^[14] 1930^[15] 1940^[16] 1950^[17] 1960^[18] 1970^[19] 1980^[20] 1990^[21] 2000^[22] 2010^[23]

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.^[23]

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Thornton had a population of 1,004. The population density was 470.7 inhabitants per square mile (181.7/km²).^[24]^[25]

Racial composition as of the 2020 census^[25]
Race	Number	Percent
White	307	30.6%
Black or African American	38	3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	7	0.7%
Asian	54	5.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.2%
Some other race	407	40.5%
Two or more races	189	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	654	65.1%

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas. 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.^[26]^[24]

There were 323 households, of which 115 (35.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 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. There were 223 families (69.0% of all households).^[24]^[27]

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 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.7 males age 18 and over.^[24]

There were 337 housing units at an average density of 158.0 units per square mile (61.0 units/km²), of which 323 (95.8%) were occupied. Of these, 167 (51.7%) were owner-occupied, and 156 (48.3%) were occupied by renters. The vacancy rate was 4.2%; the homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%, and the rental vacancy rate was 4.3%.^[24]^[25]

v t e Municipalities and communities of San Joaquin County, California, United States
County seat: Stockton
Cities	Escalon Lathrop Lodi Manteca Mountain House Ripon Stockton Tracy	San Joaquin County map
Census-designated places	Acampo August Collierville Country Club Dogtown Farmington French Camp Garden Acres Kennedy Lincoln Village Linden Lockeford Morada Peters Taft Mosswood Terminous Thornton Victor Waterloo Woodbridge
Unincorporated communities	Atlanta Banta Bear Creek Carbona Clements Holt North Woodbridge South Woodbridge Vernalis
Ghost towns	Carnegie Elliott Liberty Mokelumne City San Joaquin City
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Thornton, California

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2020 census

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