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Language Spoken At Home in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 15,376 | 100% |
English only | 11,214 | 72.9% |
Language other than English | 4,162 | 27.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,096 | 7.1% |
Spanish | 3,972 | 25.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,038 | 6.8% |
Other Indo-European languages | 52 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 12 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 6 | 0.0% |
Other languages | 126 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 52 | 0.3% |
Ancestry in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 16,285 | 100% |
American | 503 | 3.1% |
Arab | 2 | 0.0% |
Czech | 16 | 0.1% |
Danish | 53 | 0.3% |
Dutch | 136 | 0.8% |
English | 1,745 | 10.7% |
French (except Basque) | 349 | 2.1% |
French Canadian | 0 | 0.0% |
German | 2,613 | 16.0% |
Greek | 0 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.0% |
Irish | 2,155 | 13.2% |
Italian | 428 | 2.6% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 84 | 0.5% |
Polish | 114 | 0.7% |
Portuguese | 24 | 0.1% |
Russian | 47 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 363 | 2.2% |
Scottish | 243 | 1.5% |
Slovak | 13 | 0.1% |
Subsaharan African | 24 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 169 | 1.0% |
Swiss | 6 | 0.0% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 110 | 0.7% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 6 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 5,574 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 3,733 | 67.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,309 | 23.5% |
Married-couple family | 2,896 | 52.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 862 | 15.5% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 285 | 5.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 153 | 2.7% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 552 | 9.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 294 | 5.3% |
Nonfamily households | 1,841 | 33.0% |
Householder living alone | 1,717 | 30.8% |
65 years and over | 522 | 9.4% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 1,605 | 28.8% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 1,686 | 30.2% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 15,415 | 100% |
Householder | 5,574 | 36.2% |
Spouse | 2,941 | 19.1% |
Child | 4,773 | 31.0% |
Other relatives | 1,198 | 7.8% |
Nonrelatives | 929 | 6.0% |
Unmarried partner | 232 | 1.5% |
Marital Status in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 6,754 | 100% |
Never married | 2,000 | 29.6% |
Now married, except separated | 3,374 | 50.0% |
Separated | 156 | 2.3% |
Widowed | 139 | 2.1% |
Divorced | 1,085 | 16.1% |
Females 15 years and over | 6,385 | 100% |
Never married | 1,532 | 24.0% |
Now married, except separated | 3,125 | 48.9% |
Separated | 38 | 0.6% |
Widowed | 597 | 9.4% |
Divorced | 1,093 | 17.1% |
Fertility in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 114 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 96 | 84.2% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 47 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 33 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 44 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 57 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 13 | 0% |
Grandparents in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 519 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 317 | 61.1% |
Less than 1 year | 106 | 20.4% |
1 or 2 years | 77 | 14.8% |
3 or 4 years | 73 | 14.1% |
5 or more years | 61 | 11.8% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 317 | 100% |
Who are female | 165 | 52.1% |
Who are married | 220 | 69.4% |
School Enrollment in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 3,828 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 112 | 2.9% |
Kindergarten | 137 | 3.6% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,966 | 51.4% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 984 | 25.7% |
College or graduate school | 629 | 16.4% |
Educational Attainment in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 10,999 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 654 | 5.9% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 1,260 | 11.5% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 4,220 | 38.4% |
Some college, no degree | 2,741 | 24.9% |
Associate's degree | 780 | 7.1% |
Bachelor's degree | 911 | 8.3% |
Graduate or professional degree | 433 | 3.9% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 82.6% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 12.2% |
Veteran Status in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 12,371 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,703 | 13.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 15,419 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,779 | 18.0% |
Under 18 years | 3,914 | 100% |
With a disability | 226 | 5.8% |
18 to 64 years | 9,144 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,505 | 16.5% |
65 years and over | 2,361 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,048 | 44.4% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 16,180 | 100% |
Same house | 13,798 | 85.3% |
Different house in the U.S. | 2,101 | 13.0% |
Same county | 562 | 3.5% |
Different county | 1,539 | 9.5% |
Same state | 979 | 6.1% |
Different state | 560 | 3.5% |
Abroad | 281 | 1.7% |
Place Of Birth in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 16,285 | 100% |
Native | 15,082 | 92.6% |
Born in United States | 14,973 | 91.9% |
State of residence | 9,101 | 55.9% |
Different state | 5,872 | 36.1% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 109 | 0.7% |
Foreign born | 1,203 | 7.4% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,203 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 244 | 20.3% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 959 | 79.7% |
Year of Entry in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 1,312 | 100% |
Native | 109 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 109 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 1,203 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 160 | 13.3% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,043 | 86.7% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Torrance County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,203 | 100% |
Europe | 15 | 1.2% |
Asia | 28 | 2.3% |
Africa | 6 | 0.5% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 1,149 | 95.5% |
Northern America | 5 | 0.4% |