Bunkie

• Name — Bunkie, Louisiana • Type — City • Motto — "The best place top side God's Green Earth" • Image Map — File:Avoyelles Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bunkie Highlighted.svg • Map Caption — Location of Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. • Image Map1 — Louisiana in United States (US48).svg • Map Caption1 — Location of Louisiana in the United States • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Louisiana • Subdivision Type2 — Parish • Subdivision Name2 — Avoyelles • Established Title — Founded • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name1 — Police Chief Bobby Comer • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 7.87 • Area Total Sq Mi — 3.04 • Area Land Km2 — 7.83 • Area Land Sq Mi — 3.02 • Area Water Km2 — 0.04 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.01 • Elevation Ft — 66 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 3346 • Population Density Km2 — 427.48 • Population Density Sq Mi — 1107.21 • Time Zone1 — CST • Utc Offset1 — -6 • Time Zone1 Dst — CDT • Utc Offset1 Dst — -5 • Postal Code Type — Zip Code • Postal Code — 71322 • Area Code — 318 • Custom Label Sec1 — FIPS code • Custom Data Sec1 — 22-10950 • Custom Label2 Sec2 — Wikimedia Commons • Website — bunkie.net Bunkie is a city in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bunkie had a population of 3,346.

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. The federal post office in town contains a mural, Cotton Pickers, painted in 1939 during the Great Depression by Caroline Speare Rohland. 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. This work was part of the effort by the federal government to employ artists during the difficult Depression years. 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.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.97 sqkm, of which 6.93 sqkm is land and 0.04 sqkm, or 0.57%, is water.

Bunkie has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with long, hot summers and short, mild winters.

As of the 2020 census, Bunkie had a population of 3,346. The median age was 41.7 years. 22.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 81.6 males age 18 and over. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas. There were 1,385 households in Bunkie, of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 30.1% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 43.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,851 housing units, of which 25.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.2% and the rental vacancy rate was 21.0%.

• Sue Eakin, Louisiana historian and former publisher of the Bunkie Record • Donald E. Hines, Physician and former member of the Louisiana State Senate • Ronnie Johns, a former member of the Louisiana State Senate • Zutty Singleton jazz drummer • Seymour Weiss, prominent New Orleans civic leader, born in Bunkie in 1896.