Sun Lakes, Arizona

Sun Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 14,868 at the 2020 census.

!2010

!2000

!1990

!1980

|White alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |93.1% (13,836)

|95.5% (13,351)

|97.5% (11,642)

|98.2% (6,459)

|99.1% (1,908)

|Black alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.2% (182)

|1.2% (169)

|0.8% (93)

|0.5% (31)

|0.1% (1)

|American Indian alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.2% (31)

|0.2% (26)

|0.1% (16)

|0.2% (11)

|<td rowspan="4"> |0.2% (4)

|Asian alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.3% (186)

|0.8% (118)

|0.3% (37)

|<td rowspan="2"> |0.2% (11)

|Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.1% (12)

|0% (3)

|0% (0)

|Other race alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.2% (27)

|0% (4)

|0% (3)

|0% (0)

|Multiracial (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.4% (208)

|0.4% (55)

|0.3% (33)

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|Hispanic/Latino (any race)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.6% (386)

|1.8% (249)

|0.9% (112)

|1% (66)

|0.6% (12)

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Sun Lakes had a population of 14,868. The median age was 73.6 years. 0.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 79.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 77.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.2 males age 18 and over.

There were 8,772 households in Sun Lakes, of which 1.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 54.2% were married-couple households, 11.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 31.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 31.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Of the 6,683 households 0.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were married couples living together, 1.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 25.8% of households were one person and 20.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.79 and the average family size was 2.06.

The age distribution was 0.2% under the age of 18, 0.3% from 18 to 24, 2.1% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 66.2% 65 or older. The median age was 69 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males.

The median household income was $43,634 and the median family income was $50,333. Males had a median income of $46,250 versus $35,350 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $33,394. About 2.0% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

Sun Lakes, Arizona

2020 census

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