Bunkie, Louisiana Bunkie, Louisiana State Louisiana Location of Bunkie in Louisiana Location of Louisiana in the United States Bunkie is a town/city in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department. Since 1987, Bunkie has hosted the annual Louisiana Corn Festival amid the second full weekend of June.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.69 square miles (6.97 km2), of which 2.68 square miles (6.93 km2) is territory and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.57%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,662 citizens , 1,698 homeholds, and 1,198 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,763.4 citizens per square mile (681.8/km ).
There were 1,866 housing units at an average density of 705.8 per square mile (272.9/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 48.54% White, 50.26% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.34% from other competitions, and 0.54% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,698 homeholds out of which 35.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were married couples living together, 26.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.3% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $14,745, and the median income for a family was $23,448.
About 34.4% of families and 37.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 38.9% of those under age 18 and 32.5% of those age 65 or over.
Sue Eakin, Louisiana historian and former publisher of the Bunkie Record, resided in Bunkie for most of her life until her death in 2009 at the age of 90.
Hines, is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate who served from 2004 to 2008 as the Senate president. Ronnie Johns, a member of the Louisiana State Senate from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, interval up in Bunkie and graduated from Bunkie High School in 1967.
James Nelson Lee was the first town/city court judge in Bunkie, having served from 1956 to 1978, when he began a seven-year stint on the 12th Judicial District Court, based in the church seat of Marksville. "City of Bunkie, Louisiana".
City of Bunkie, Louisiana.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bunkie city, Louisiana".
Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
City of Bunkie official website Bunkie improve website Municipalities and communities of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States
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