Connecticut · Census place 0976500

Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington is a city in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut with an estimated 35,673 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 27 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
35,673
#16 of 27 in Connecticut
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+310 people
Land area
39.8 sq mi
+ 0.56 sq mi water
Density
897 / sq mi
State median 3,189
Orange pin: Torrington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Hartford.

Torrington population, 2020 to 2024

Torrington added 310 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +107. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so Torrington is 64% of it.

35.4k202035.5k202135.6k202235.6k202335.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 35,503. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Torrington covers 39.76 square miles of land and 0.56 of water, for 897 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Torrington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Torrington is in

All of Torrington's residents live in Northwest Hills Planning Region, which had 114,101 residents in 2024. Torrington holds 31.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Torrington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Torrington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06790. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Torrington is

The Census internal point of Torrington is at 41.834100, -73.131400. Hartford, the capital, is 23.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bristol, CT (62,195 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waterbury, CT, 19.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.834100, -73.131400
DMS
41°50'2.76"N 73°07'53.04"W
UTM
18N 655157.4E 4633044.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H8RVM9+JC

Daylight in Torrington

At 41.83° N, Torrington gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Torrington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Litchfield, 6.8 miles away, with 1,211 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Torrington, CT?

35,673 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 310 (0.9%) from 35,363 in July 2020.

What county is Torrington in?

Northwest Hills Planning Region. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Torrington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 06790.

How far is Torrington from Hartford?

23.6 miles (38.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Torrington.

What is the nearest larger city to Torrington?

Bristol, CT, with 62,195 residents, 14.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.