Echo, Louisiana

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Echo, Louisiana
Census-designated place
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Echo, Louisiana
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Echo, Louisiana
Coordinates: 31°06′37″N92°14′30″W / 31.11028°N 92.24167°W / 31.11028; -92.24167 Coordinates: 31°06′37″N92°14′30″W / 31.11028°N 92.24167°W / 31.11028; -92.24167
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Rapides
Area
[1]
 • Total1.74 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)
 • Total352
 • Density202.07/sq mi (78.04/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71330
Area code 318
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]

Contents

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%±
2020 352—
U.S. Decennial Census [6]
2020 [7]

2020 census

Echo CDP, Louisiana – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / EthnicityPop 2020 [7] % 2020
White alone (NH)30987.78%
Black or African American alone (NH)164.55%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%
Asian alone (NH)00.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)20.57%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)205.68%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)51.42%
Total352100.00%

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. 1 2 "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 2012-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Negro lynched by mob". The Starkville News. Starkville, Mississippi. Jul 5, 1907. Retrieved 23 December 2019– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  7. 1 2 "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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