| Richwood, Louisiana | |
| Official Name: | Town of Richwood |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Image Map1: | Louisiana in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Louisiana in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 32.4597°N -92.0753°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ouachita |
| Established Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gerald Brown, Sr. (D) |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.52 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.52 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.52 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.52 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 69 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3881 |
| Population Density Km2: | 595.66 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1542.53 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 71202[2] |
| Area Code: | 318 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-64660 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Richwood is a town in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. The Town was incorporated December 31, 1974, under the provision of Louisiana Revised Statute 33:52. The Town operates under a form of government consisting of an elected mayor and a board of alder persons, which has five elected members. The Town provides garbage collection, street maintenance, drainage maintenance, and other health and welfare services, in addition to the administrative services provided to its residents. The population was 3,392 at the 2010 census.
Richwood is located in the southern portion of Ouachita Parish of Northeast Louisiana at (32.459587, -92.075184).[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.3sqmi, all land.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 522 | 13.45% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 2,278 | 58.7% | |
| Native American | 5 | 0.13% | |
| Asian | 229 | 5.9% | |
| Other/Mixed | 60 | 1.55% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 787 | 20.28% |