Echo, Louisiana

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]

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
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishRapides
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 zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71330
Area code318
GNIS feature ID534761[2]

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. "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. "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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