"Brighton 80602" . "9.01316e+07"^^ . . "9.29806e+07"^^ . . "1316.26"^^ . . . "118772"^^ . . "1630.98"^^ . "City of Thornton, Colorado"@en . . "1956-06-12Z"^^ . "-7" . "Both303and720" . . "-6" . "Denver 80221, 80229, 80233, 80241, 80260" . . "2.84899e+06"^^ . "1631.0"^^ . . "The City of Thornton is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado, located in the northeast quadrant of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thornton is 10 miles (16 km) north/northeast of downtown Denver. The United States Census Bureau reported the city's growing population at 118,772 on April 1, 2010, a 44.2% increase from the 2000 Census population of 82,384."@en . .