1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 1  
   040 Wyoming                       
   160    Torrington town

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................      5,651
Urban population....................................................      5,651
    Percent of total population.....................................      100.0
Rural population....................................................          0
    Percent of total population.....................................        0.0
  Farm population...................................................          0
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................      1,631
Preprimary school...................................................        121
Elementary or high school...........................................        997
  Percent in private school.........................................        4.2
College.............................................................        513
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................      3,609
Less than 9th grade.................................................        416
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        432
High school graduate................................................      1,153
Some college, no degree.............................................        829
Associates degree...................................................        247
Bachelor's degree...................................................        357
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        175
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       76.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       14.7
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................      5,282
Lived in same house.................................................      2,554
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      2,715
  Same State........................................................      1,771
    Same county.....................................................      1,167
    Different county................................................        604
  Different State...................................................        944
Lived abroad........................................................         13
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................      3,247
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................         91
  With a mobility limitation........................................         37
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         59
With a work disability..............................................        266
    In labor force..................................................        142
  Prevented from working............................................         99
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................        983
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        176
  With a mobility limitation........................................        104
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        113.


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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        373
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,967
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,121
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................        575
  65 years and over.................................................        168
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................      5,502
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       40.4
Foreign-born population.............................................        149
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         72
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................      5,282
Speak a language other than English.................................        390
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         67
  Speak Spanish.....................................................        282
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         56
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         19
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................          0
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................      7,719
Arab................................................................          0
Austrian............................................................         11
Belgian.............................................................          0
Canadian............................................................          6
Czech...............................................................         64
Danish..............................................................        116
Dutch...............................................................        231
English.............................................................      1,048
Finnish.............................................................         13
French (except Basque)..............................................        250
French Canadian.....................................................          9
German..............................................................      2,802
Greek...............................................................          8
Hungarian...........................................................         12
Irish...............................................................      1,187
Italian.............................................................         45
Lithuanian..........................................................          0
Norwegian...........................................................        182
Polish..............................................................         51
Portuguese..........................................................          0
Romanian............................................................          0
Russian.............................................................         63
Scotch-Irish........................................................        203


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Scottish............................................................        114
Slovak..............................................................          7
Subsaharan African..................................................          0
Swedish.............................................................        226
Swiss...............................................................         29
Ukrainian...........................................................         30
United States or American...........................................        133
Welsh...............................................................         62
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          0
Yugoslavian.........................................................          0
Other ancestries....................................................        817