Sunny Slopes is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Mono County Mono County ( ) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,195, making it the fourth-least populous county in California. The county seat is Bridgeport. The coun ...

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, United States. It sits at an elevation of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 139, down from 182 in 2010.

Geography

The CDP is in southern Mono County, on the north side of

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, which leads northwest to

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and southeast to

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. More than half of the community is within

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. According to the

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, the Sunny Slopes CDP covers an area of , all of it land.

Demographics

The

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reported that Sunny Slopes had a population of 182. The population density was . The racial makeup of Sunny Slopes was 159 (87.4%)

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, 0 (0.0%)

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, 2 (1.1%) Native American, 7 (3.8%)

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, 4 (2.2%)

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, 0 (0.0%) from

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, and 10 (5.5%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 3 persons (1.6%). The Census reported that 182 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 85 households, out of which 21 (24.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 47 (55.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2 (2.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 0 (0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 4 (4.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2 (2.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 28 households (32.9%) were made up of individuals, and 11 (12.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14. There were 49

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(57.6% of all households); the average family size was 2.82. The population was spread out, with 28 people (15.4%) under the age of 18, 6 people (3.3%) aged 18 to 24, 44 people (24.2%) aged 25 to 44, 84 people (46.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 20 people (11.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males. There were 156 housing units at an average density of , of which 59 (69.4%) were owner-occupied, and 26 (30.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 0%. 136 people (74.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 46 people (25.3%) lived in rental housing units.

References

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