Sunset Hills, MO Population

Overview

9,062

Total Population

50.3

Median age

51.19%

Female population %

95.3:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

65-69 years

Largest age group

78.6

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

112

Hispanic population

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2021

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Age

Sunset Hills's population is old compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Sunset Hills is 50.3, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Sunset Hills's population under 18 was 20.32%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Sunset Hills's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 27.58% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Sunset Hills, 16.43% were under the age of 15, 13.42% aged 15 to 29, 42.57% aged 30 to 64, 23.02% aged 65 to 84, and 4.56% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 216 more females than males in Sunset Hills:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 51.19% females and 48.81% males in Sunset Hills, MO.
The Sunset Hills, MO gender ratio is 95.3:100 i.e. 95.3 men to 100 women (0.953).
For male population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 389.
For the female population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 449.

Sunset Hills's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Sunset Hills population: 96.34% are White, 0.88% are Black or African American, 1.86% are Asian, 0.08% are some other race and 0.84% are multiracial.
Sunset Hills's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the city.
By ethnicity, 112 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 8,95 (98.76% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Sunset Hills is White with a population of 8,73 (96.34% of the total population).

Sunset Hills's population has already reached its peak and is showing a trend of decline:

The peak population was 9,179 in the year 2020
From 2000 to 2010, Sunset Hills's population increased by 225 (2.73%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Sunset Hills's population increased by 718 (8.49%), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the United States was 7.17%.
Between the year 2000 and 2022, Sunset Hills's population was lowest in year 2009 at 8,193.