Echo, Louisiana

Echo, Louisiana
Census-designated place
Echo, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Echo, Louisiana
Echo, Louisiana
Echo, Louisiana is located in the United States
Echo, Louisiana
Echo, Louisiana
Coordinates: 31°06′37″N 92°14′30″W / 31.11028°N 92.24167°W / 31.11028; -92.24167
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishRapides
Area
[1]
 • Total
1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2)
 • Land1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
62 ft (19 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
352
 • Density202.07/sq mi (78.04/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71330
Area code318
GNIS feature ID534761[2]

Echo (also Bijou, Bijou Station) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.[2] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 352.[3]

Its ZIP code is 71330.[4]

History

In 1907 a mob lynched Henry Johnson, a middle-aged Black man was taken from jail by a mob of 150 white men, who shot him around 50 times.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020352—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
2020[7]

2020 census

Echo CDP, Louisiana – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[7] % 2020
White alone (NH) 309 87.78%
Black or African American alone (NH) 16 4.55%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 2 0.57%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 20 5.68%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5 1.42%
Total 352 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

Notes

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Echo, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Echo CDP, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  4. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. ^ "Negro lynched by mob". The Starkville News. Starkville, Mississippi. July 5, 1907. Retrieved December 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  7. ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Echo CDP, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau.


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