Livingston County (Illinois)
The Livingston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 38,950 inhabitants and a population density of 14.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Pontiac.
Geography
The County is located in the central northeastern Illinois, about halfway between Chicago and Springfield and is drained by the Vermilion River, a tributary of the Illinois River. It has an area of 2708 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surface. At the Livingston County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
Livingston County was formed on February 27, 1837 from parts of McLean, La Salle and Iroquois County. It was named after Edward Livingston, an American lawyer, politician, statesman and foreign minister. Livingston was mayor of New York and represented New York in the House of Representatives. Later he was for Louisiana in both houses of Congress and Minister of France.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Livingston County 38,950 people in 14 484 households. The population density was 14.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 14 484 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.8 percent white, 5.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 52,835. The per capita income was $ 23,530. 10.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Livingston County
Citys
- Fairbury
- Pontiac
- Streator1
Town
- Chatsworth
Villages
- Campus
- Cornell
- Cullom
- Dwight2
- Emington
- Flanagan
- Forrest
- Long Point
- Odell
- Reddick3
- Saunemin
- Strawn
Unincorporated communities
- Ancona
- Blackstone
- Blair
- Budd
- Cayuga
- Cereal
- Champlin
- Charlotte
- Eylar
- Graymont
- Griswold
- Lodemia
- Loretta
- Manville
- McDowell
- Missal
- Nevada
- Ocoya
- Reading
- Risk
- Rowe
- Rugby
- Scovel
- Smithdale
- South Streator
- Sunbury
- Swygert
- Vermilion City
- Wing
1 - predominantly in LaSalle County 2 - partially in Grundy County 3 - predominantly in Kankakee County
Structure
The Livingston County is divided into 30 townships: