Wyoming · Census place 5677530

Torrington, Wyoming

Torrington is a city in Goshen County, Wyoming with an estimated 6,211 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,211
#16 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+77 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
1,639 / sq mi
State median 1,493
Orange pin: Torrington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

Torrington population, 2020 to 2024

Torrington added 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -15. Among 16 Wyoming places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +0.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wyoming has 11,214 people, so Torrington is 55% of it.

6,13420206,14920216,21620226,22620236,2112024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,128. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Torrington covers 3.79 square miles of land, for 1,639 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Torrington is close to the typical town.

What county Torrington is in

All of Torrington's residents live in Goshen County, which had 12,635 residents in 2024. Torrington holds 49.2% 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: 82240. 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 42.065100, -104.173500. Cheyenne, the capital, is 72.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Scottsbluff, NE (14,323 people), 29.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO, 114.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.065100, -104.173500
DMS
42°03'54.36"N 104°10'24.60"W
UTM
13N 568379.2E 4657334.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
85JQ3R8G+2J

Daylight in Torrington

At 42.07° N, Torrington gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 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 Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Guernsey, 32.3 miles away, with 1,094 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Torrington, WY?

6,211 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 77 (1.3%) from 6,134 in July 2020.

What county is Torrington in?

Goshen County. 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: 82240.

How far is Torrington from Cheyenne?

72.1 miles (116.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Torrington.

What is the nearest larger city to Torrington?

Scottsbluff, NE, with 14,323 residents, 29.6 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.