Census Data for Thornton

As far as we can tell, Thornton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Thornton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Cranston
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cranston is located in Providence County
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• Johnston
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnston is located in Providence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston
• North Providence
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • North Providence is located in Providence County
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• Providence
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Providence is located in Providence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• East Providence
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • East Providence is located in Providence County
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• Warwick
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Warwick is located in Kent County
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• West Warwick
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • West Warwick is located in Kent County
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• Seekonk
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA)
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• Central Falls
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Central Falls is located in Providence County
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• Pawtucket
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pawtucket is located in Providence County
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• Smithfield
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Smithfield is located in Providence County
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• Barrington
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Barrington is located in Bristol County
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• Continue List   (858 more) ...
  • Scituate
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Scituate is located in Providence County
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  • Lincoln
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln is located in Providence County
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  • Glocester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Glocester is located in Providence County
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Providence County ...

Thornton is located in Providence County<1>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Providence County.

Miscellaneous Information for Thornton ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Providence County or the community of Thornton:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Thornton:
  • GNIS ID for Thornton: 1218709
  • GNIS ID for Providence County: 1219781
  • GNIS ID for State of Rhode Island: 1219835

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 44 (Rhode Island)
  • County Code: 007 (Providence County)
  • Place Code: 70160 (Thornton)
  • State & County Code: 44/007 (Rhode Island / Providence County)
  • State & Place Code: 44/70160 (Rhode Island / Thornton)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Thornton is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #1 (the New England Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Thornton.