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The city lies about two miles west of the Meramec River, a source of considerable regional tourism; Meramec State Park and Meramec Caverns, an extensive cave system, are both just outside its boundaries. Sullivan has a total area of 7.90 square miles, and an average elevation of 981 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city lies about two miles west of the Meramec River, a source of considerable regional tourism; Meramec State Park and Meramec Caverns, an extensive cave system, are both just outside its boundaries. Sullivan has a total area of 7.90 square miles, and an average elevation of 981 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Sullivan had a total of 7,081 inhabitants, grouped into 2,829 households, with a population density of 896.3 people per square mile. This figure represented a moderate increase from the 2000 census, when Sullivan had a population of 6,430. 97.43% of the inhabitants were White, 0.23% were African-American, 0.37% were Native American, 0.42% were Asian, 0.59% were from some other race, and 0.96% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 2.22% of the population.
The median age in Sullivan was 35.6 years, with 26.5% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 9.4% between 18 and 24 years old, 25.7% between 25 and 44, 21.7% between 45 and 64, and 16.6% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 47.4% male, 52.6% female.<ref>http://censusviewer.com/city/MO/Sullivan</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Sullivan had a median household income of $33,471, and a median family income of $54,342. The unemployment rate was 6.0%. The per capita income was $22,142. About 17.9% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 25.3% of people under the age of 18 and 12.1% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2971440&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
==Education==
The city and the surrounding area are served by the Sullivan School District, a PK-12 public institution with over 2,100 students, divided between four facilities: Sullivan Primary (PK-2), Elementary (3-5), Middle (6-8), and Senior High (9-12).<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/sullivan/schools/</ref> Its mascot is the Eagles, and the school colors are black and gold.<ref>http://www.sullivaneagles.org/home</ref>
The school and community, whose population is mostly white, were targeted by the national media in 2014, after several female students blacked their faces for a "powderpuff" football game. Major newspapers referred to the act as "inappropriate" and suggested it had racial overtones, ignoring the fact that black is one of the school colors.<ref>[https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/students-at-sullivan-high-wore-blackface-during-powder-puff-football/article_238f6454-2a04-51c8-9980-5eece9f915d1.html Students at Sullivan High wore blackface during powder-puff football game] St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 19, 2014.</ref>
The city also has one private institution, St. Anthony Catholic School, serving grades PK-8.
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