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Echo, Louisiana

Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States

31°06′37″N 92°14′30″W / 31.11028°N 92.24167°W / 31.11028; -92.24167CountryUnited StatesStateLouisianaParishRapidesArea

^[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 code318GNIS 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
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	352		—
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

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Echo, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Echo CDP, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ "Negro lynched by mob". The Starkville News. Starkville, Mississippi. July 5, 1907. Retrieved December 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
^ ^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.