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Population (year 2000): 471. Estimated
population in July 2005: 475 (+0.8% change)
Males: 234 (49.7%), Females: 237 (50.3%)
Zip code:
70463
Median resident age: 40.6 years
Median household income: $25,833 (year 2000)
Median house value: $69,200 (year 2000)
Races in Sun:
- White Non-Hispanic (85.6%)
- Black (11.5%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
Ancestries: French (14.0%), Irish (11.3%),
English (9.6%), Italian (5.9%), United States (5.3%), German
(3.8%).
Elevation: 68 feet
Land area: 4.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sun
- High school or higher: 65.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 43.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sun village
- Never married: 19.4%
- Now married: 56.7%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 7.8%
- Divorced: 14.9%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +50 (+11.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sun:
- BOGALUSA COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles;
BOGALUSA, LA)
- BOGALUSA COMMUNITY REHAB HOSPITAL (about 8 miles;
BOGALUSA, LA)
- WASHINGTON ST TAMMANY REG MED CENTER (about 8 miles;
BOGALUSA, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Sun:
- STENNIS INTL (about 37 miles; BAY ST LOUIS, MS; ID:
HSA)
- LAKEFRONT (about 44 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; ID: NEW)
- LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL (about 52 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; ID: MSY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sun:
- GEORGE R CARR MEMORIAL AIR FLD (about 11 miles;
BOGALUSA, LA; ID: BXA)
- GREATER ST. TAMMANY (about 16 miles; COVINGTON, LA;
ID: L31)
- FRANKLINTON (about 18 miles; FRANKLINTON, LA; ID:
2R7)
Amtrak station near Sun:
- 18 miles: PICAYUNE (U.S. 11 & TATE ST.). Services:
free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call
for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sun:
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,433)
- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles;
HAMMOND, LA; FT enrollment: 12,549)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS (about 45 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 12,442)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS (about 45 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,217)
- DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 8,193)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
(about 50 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 2,496)
- XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 51 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,659)
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