Bunkie, Louisiana | |
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| Motto: "The best place top side God's Green Earth"[1] | |
 Location of Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. | |
.svg) Location of Louisiana in the United States | |
| Coordinates:30°57′13″N92°11′08″W / 30.95361°N 92.18556°W /30.95361; -92.18556 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Avoyelles |
| Government | |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.04 sq mi (7.87 km2) |
| • Land | 3.02 sq mi (7.83 km2) |
| • Water | 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,346 |
| • Density | 1,107.2/sq mi (427.48/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Zip Code | 71322 |
| Area code | 318 |
| FIPS code | 22-10950 |
| Website | bunkie |
Bunkie is a city inAvoyelles Parish,Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,171 at the2010 census.[3]
Bunkie was founded as a station terminus on the Texas and Pacific Railroad line. It was named for the daughter (whose nickname was "Bunkie") of the original landowner.[4]
The federal post office in town contains a mural,Cotton Pickers, painted in 1939 during the Great Depression byCaroline Speare Rohland. Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through theSection of Painting and Sculpture, later called theSection of Fine Arts, of theTreasury Department. This work was part of the effort by the federal government to employ artists during the difficult Depression years.[5]
The area around Bunkie is devoted to agriculture; since the late 20th century, corn has been an important commodity crop. Since 1987, Bunkie has hosted the annual Louisiana Corn Festival during the second full weekend of June.[6]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.69 square miles (6.97 km2), of which 2.68 square miles (6.93 km2) is land and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.57%, is water.[3]
| Climate data for Bunkie, Louisiana (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1956–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 81 (27) | 85 (29) | 88 (31) | 93 (34) | 99 (37) | 102 (39) | 103 (39) | 107 (42) | 106 (41) | 98 (37) | 89 (32) | 83 (28) | 107 (42) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 60.2 (15.7) | 64.1 (17.8) | 71.6 (22.0) | 78.6 (25.9) | 85.5 (29.7) | 90.7 (32.6) | 92.8 (33.8) | 93.3 (34.1) | 89.0 (31.7) | 80.7 (27.1) | 70.1 (21.2) | 62.3 (16.8) | 78.2 (25.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 49.7 (9.8) | 53.4 (11.9) | 60.4 (15.8) | 67.3 (19.6) | 74.9 (23.8) | 80.5 (26.9) | 82.8 (28.2) | 82.5 (28.1) | 77.7 (25.4) | 68.1 (20.1) | 58.1 (14.5) | 51.7 (10.9) | 67.3 (19.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 39.2 (4.0) | 42.6 (5.9) | 49.3 (9.6) | 56.0 (13.3) | 64.3 (17.9) | 70.4 (21.3) | 72.7 (22.6) | 71.8 (22.1) | 66.4 (19.1) | 55.5 (13.1) | 46.1 (7.8) | 41.0 (5.0) | 56.3 (13.5) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 10 (−12) | 13 (−11) | 23 (−5) | 33 (1) | 32 (0) | 50 (10) | 56 (13) | 55 (13) | 38 (3) | 27 (−3) | 22 (−6) | 8 (−13) | 8 (−13) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 6.79 (172) | 5.30 (135) | 4.67 (119) | 5.92 (150) | 5.01 (127) | 4.86 (123) | 4.14 (105) | 4.68 (119) | 4.52 (115) | 4.76 (121) | 5.45 (138) | 5.33 (135) | 61.63 (1,565) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 10.4 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 104.4 |
| Source:NOAA[7][8] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1890 | 299 | — | |
| 1900 | 873 | 192.0% | |
| 1910 | 1,765 | 102.2% | |
| 1920 | 1,743 | −1.2% | |
| 1930 | 2,464 | 41.4% | |
| 1940 | 3,575 | 45.1% | |
| 1950 | 4,666 | 30.5% | |
| 1960 | 5,188 | 11.2% | |
| 1970 | 5,395 | 4.0% | |
| 1980 | 5,364 | −0.6% | |
| 1990 | 5,044 | −6.0% | |
| 2000 | 4,662 | −7.6% | |
| 2010 | 4,171 | −10.5% | |
| 2020 | 3,346 | −19.8% | |
| 2024 (est.) | 3,183 | [9] | −4.9% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[10] | |||
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,070 | 31.98% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 2,041 | 61.0% |
| Native American | 9 | 0.27% |
| Asian | 10 | 0.3% |
| Other/Mixed | 149 | 4.45% |
| Hispanic orLatino | 67 | 2.0% |
As of the2020 United States census, there were 3,346 people, 1,702 households, and 1,227 families residing in the city.
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