Louisiana · Census place 2274060
Sunset, Louisiana
Sunset is a town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 3,167 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,167
- #87 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- +6.4%
- +190 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 980 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Sunset population, 2020 to 2024
Sunset added 190 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +87.
Sunset covers 3.23 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 980 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Sunset is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sunset is in
All of Sunset's residents live in St. Landry Parish, which had 80,869 residents in 2024. Sunset holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sunset
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sunset by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70584. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Sunset is
The Census internal point of Sunset is at 30.405900, -92.062400. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 52.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carencro, LA (12,883 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 14.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.405900, -92.062400
- DMS
- 30°24'21.24"N 92°03'44.64"W
- UTM
- 15N 590061.1E 3364136.7N
- Geohash
- 9vqscp4pn
- Plus code
- 8629CW4Q+92
Daylight in Sunset
At 30.41° N, Sunset gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sunset
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Carencro, 6.6 miles away, with 12,883 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sunset, LA?
3,167 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 190 (6.4%) from 2,977 in July 2020.
What county is Sunset in?
St. Landry Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sunset?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70584.
How far is Sunset from Baton Rouge?
52.3 miles (84.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Sunset.
What is the nearest larger city to Sunset?
Carencro, LA, with 12,883 residents, 6.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.