Rising Sun-Lebanon is a

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(CDP) in Kent County,

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, United States. It is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,391 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Rising Sun-Lebanon is located at (39.0998156, -75.5050260). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.2 km), of which 3.4 square miles (8.8 km) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km) (4.76%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,458 people, 829 households, and 669 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 940 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 75.71%

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, 15.58%

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, 0.49% Native American, 2.36% Asian, 2.56% from other races, and 3.30% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 5.94% of the population. There were 829 households, out of which 49.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were

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living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 14.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.29. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 35.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 35.3% from 25 to 44, 12.7% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,315, and the median income for a family was $40,658. Males had a median income of $27,031 versus $21,302 for females. The

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for the CDP was $13,868. About 4.1% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the

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, including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Rising Sun-Lebanon is located in the

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. Portions are zoned to Allen Frear Elementary School in Rising Sun-Lebanon while others are zoned to Star Hill Elementary School, in an unincorporated area. Both areas in turn are zoned to Postlethwait Middle School, also in Rising Sun-Lebanon.

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in Camden is the comprehensive high school for the entire district.

References

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