Sunnyside (formerly, Maltermoro) is a

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. It is located on the

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north-northeast of Malaga, at an elevation of . It is an eastern suburb of

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. At the 2010 census, Sunnyside's population was 4,235. The Maltermoro post office operated from 1894 to 1913. The name honored postmaster George H. Malter.

Demographics

Sunnyside first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Sunnyside had a population of 4,627. The population density was . The racial makeup of Sunnyside was 41.2%

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, 3.2%

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, 2.1% Native American, 14.6% Asian, 0.0%

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, 22.2% from other races, and 16.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 43.6% of the population. The whole population lived in households. There were 1,528 households, out of which 33.6% included children under the age of 18, 56.1% were married-couple households, 6.2% were cohabiting couple households, 23.9% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 19.1% of households were one person, and 11.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.03. There were 1,186

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(77.6% of all households). The age distribution was 24.0% under the age of 18, 8.2% aged 18 to 24, 23.0% aged 25 to 44, 24.0% aged 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 40.4years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. There were 1,596 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,528 (95.7%) were occupied. Of these, 79.3% were owner-occupied, and 20.7% were occupied by renters.

References

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