Bucks is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Mobile County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22, down from 32 at the 2010 census. It is located in the northeastern section of the county near the

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, along U.S. Route 43. The James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant, a coal- and natural gas-fired

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operated by Alabama Power, is located in Bucks.

Demographics

In 2010, Bucks had a population of 32. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 59.4% white, 31.3% black or African American, 3.1% Native American, 6.3% from two or more races and 3.1% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Geography

Bucks is located at . The elevation is . U.S. Route 43, the only highway through the community, leads south to Mobile and north to

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. According to the

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, the Bucks CDP has an area of , of which , or 8.51%, are water. The

forms the eastern edge of the community.

Education

Residents are zoned to Mobile County Public School System campuses. Residents are zoned to Citronelle High School.Citronelle High School Attendance Zone
." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.

References

Census-designated places in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama Census-designated places in Mobile County, Alabama {{MobileCountyAL-geo-stub