Editing Sunset, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                        = Sunset, Louisiana
| official_name               = Town of Sunset
| settlement_type             = Town
| image_skyline               = ChrisLitherlandSunset.jpg
| imagesize                   = 200px
| image_caption               = "Downtown" Sunset in October of 2011
| motto                       = "The best place to be"
| image_map                   = File:St. Landry Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sunset Highlighted.svg
| mapsize                     = 
| map_caption                 = Location of Sunset in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
| image_map1                  = Louisiana in United States (US48).svg
| mapsize1                    = 
| map_caption1                = Location of Louisiana in the United States
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type            = Country
| subdivision_name            = United States
| subdivision_type1           = State
| subdivision_name1           = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2           = Parish
| subdivision_name2           = [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana|St. Landry]]
<!-- Government -->
| established_title           = Founded
| established_date            = 1904
| founder                     = 
| named_for                   = 
| government_footnotes        = 
| government_type             = 
| governing_body              = 
| leader_party                = 
| leader_title                = Mayor
| leader_name                 = 
<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                   = Imperial
| area_footnotes              = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2              = 8.43
| area_total_sq_mi            = 3.25
| area_land_km2               = 8.36
| area_land_sq_mi             = 3.23
| area_water_km2              = 0.07
| area_water_sq_mi            = 0.03
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of            = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes        = 
| population_total            = 2909
| population_density_km2      = 348.06
| population_density_sq_mi    = 901.46
| population_demonym          = 
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| timezone                    = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset                  = -6
| timezone_DST                = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST              = -5
| elevation_footnotes         = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft                = 46
| coordinates                 = {{coord|30|24|30|N|92|03|52|W|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes       = <ref name=gnis/>
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
| postal_code_type            = 
| postal_code                 = 
| area_code                   = [[Area code 337|337]]
| blank_name                  = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                  = 22-74060
| blank1_name                 = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                 = 2406692<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406692}}</ref>
| website                     = [http://www.sunset.govoffice2.com/ www.sunset.govoffice2.com]
| footnotes                   = 
}}

'''Sunset''' is a [[town]] in [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana|St. Landry Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 2,897 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], up from 2,352 in [[2000 United States Census|2000]].<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> It is part of the [[Opelousas, Louisiana|Opelousas]]&ndash;[[Eunice, Louisiana|Eunice]] [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 3.1&nbsp;square miles (8.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 3.1&nbsp;square miles (8.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.04&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (0.96%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 377
|1920= 433
|1930= 520
|1940= 630
|1950= 1080
|1960= 1307
|1970= 1675
|1980= 2300
|1990= 2201
|2000= 2352
|2010= 2897
|2020= 2909
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Sunset racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2274060&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,324
| 45.51%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,426
| 49.02%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 6
| 0.21%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 7
| 0.24%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 89
| 3.06%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 57
| 1.96%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,909 people, 1,063 households, and 796 families residing in the town.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8" /> of 2010, there were 2,897 people, 1,129 households, and 787 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|934.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,226 housing units at an average density of {{convert|395.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 46.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 48.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.7% of the population.

There were 1,129 households, out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 23.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 20 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

As of the 2009 [[American Community Survey]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> the median income for a household in the town was $33,000, and the median income for a family was $62,708. Males had a median income of $59,375 versus $23,258 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,901. About 10.6% of families and 18.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 39.4% of those age 65 or over.

==History==
Like many towns in Southern Louisiana, Sunset began as a railroad town (for the out-distribution of cotton and sweet potatoes and the in-distribution of specialty goods), was incorporated in 1904, and had its first village meeting that December 7. Victor Hugo Sibille was the first mayor. As part of a large-scale conversion of arable land away from cotton (due to the mass-destruction from the cotton boll weevil) and toward sweet potatoes in the late 19th century,<ref>Charles Egan Smith, The Sweet Potato Weevil in Louisiana and Its Control (Baton Rouge LA: Bureau of Entomology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1923); available at https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1376&context=agexp</ref> the city gave itself the nickname "Sweet Potato Capital of the Nation" at the turn of the 20th century.<ref name="sweetpotato">{{cite web |url=http://www.sunset.govoffice2.com/ |title=Sunset, Louisiana |accessdate=August 28, 2011 |publisher=City of Sunset |archive-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509044021/http://www.sunset.govoffice2.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to local lore, The Bank of Sunset was one of the very few that did not close throughout the Great Depression of 1929.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southstlandrylibrary.com/our-communities/sunset/|title = Sunset &#124; Armand J. Brinkhaus Community Library}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Sunset High School (Sunset, Louisiana)|Sunset High School]]
* [[:Category:People from Sunset, Louisiana]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.sunsetlouisiana.com/}}
{{St. Landry Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana]]