Livingston, Texas

**Livingston** is a toun in Polk Coonty, Texas, Unitit States. The population wis 5,335 at the 2010 census. It is the coonty seat o Polk Coonty. Livingston wis settled in 1835 as Springfield. Its name wis chyngit tae Livingston an became the coonty seat o Polk Coonty in 1846.

The Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation is juist tae the east o Livingston. The 2000 census reportit a resident population o 480 bodies athin the reservation.

Livingston haes ane hospital, the Memorial Medical Center at Livingston

## Geografie
Livingston is locatit at  (30.709518, -94.934443).

Accordin tae the United States Census Bureau, the toun haes a tot aurie o , o which,  o it is laund an 0.12% is watter. Housomeivver, the toun o Livingston is approximately  east o Lake Livingston, which is the lairgest drinkin watter reservoir in the state o Texas.

Elevation: 148&nbsp;ft

Major Heich-gates:
*  U.S. Highway 59
*  U.S. Highway 190
*  State Highway 146

## Demografics

As o the census of 2000, thare wur 5,433 fowk, 2,048 hoosehaulds, an 1,341 faimilies residin in the toun. The population densitie wis 649.9 indwallers per square mile (250.9/km²). Thare wur 2,358 hoosin units at an average densitie o 282.1 per square mile (108.9/km²). The racial makeup o the toun wis 70.38% White, 18.50% African American, 0.64% Native American, 0.83% Asie, 8.08% frae ither races, an 1.56% frae twa or mair races. 13.90% o the population wur Hispanic or Latino o ony race.

Thare wur 2,048 hoosehaulds oot o which 34.4% haed childer unner the age o 18 livin wi thaim, 45.4% wur marriet couples livin thegither, 16.4% haed a female hoosehaulder wi nae husband present, an 34.5% wur nan-faimilies. 30.9% o aw hoosehaulds wur made up o individuals an 15.7% haed someane livin alane who wis 65 years o age or aulder. The average hoosehauld size wis 2.50 an the average faimily size wis 3.13.

In the toun the population wis spread oot wi 27.7% unner the age o 18, 9.1% frae 18 tae 24, 26.5% frae 25 tae 44, 19.7% frae 45 tae 64, an 17.1% who wur 65 years o age or aulder. The median age wis 35 years. For ivery 100 females thare wur 85.0 males. For ivery 100 females age 18 an ower, thare wur 79.2 males.

The median income for a hoosehauld in the toun wis $31,424, an the median income for a faimily wis $37,868. Males haed a median income o $30,318 versus $21,774 for females. The per caipita income for the toun wis $17,214. Aboot 18.2% o faimilies an 22.3% o the population wur belaw the poverty line, includin 27.7% o those unner age 18 an 17.4% o those age 65 or ower.

## Govrenment an infrastructur

The United States Postal Service operates the Livingston Post Office.

The Livingston Municipal Airport, operatit bi the City of Livingston, is locatit in West Livingston.

Nearbi West Livingston haes the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location o the State of Texas daith row syne 1999.

A few miles ootside o Livingston is the IAH Polk Coonty Secure Adult Detention Center, which hooses aroond 700 immigrant men daily who hae been detained bi Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Run bi private-prison company Community Education Centers, the facility haes frequently been creeticisit for its sub-par treatment o migrants an is currently unner fire in a naition-wide campaign cawin for the closur o ten o the wirst detention centers in the naition.

Livingston uises a manager-cooncil seestem o govrenment.  The current mayor is Clarke Evans.

## Bankin
Livingston is the heidquarters tae twa regional bank seestems, the First Naitional Bank an the First State Bank.  First State Bank haes branches in Onalaska, Texas an Shepherd, Texas an Wast o Livingston, on Hwy 190. First Naitional Bank haes a main branch dountoun an a branch bank in Onalaska, Texas an ane on Hwy 190.

## Transportation
Greyhound Lines operates the Livingston Station at the Super Stap Food Mart.
The ceety's airport, Livingston Municipal Airport (LMA) is locatit tae the soothwast o the toun.  It serves mainly recreational flichts but whiles serves routes tae lairger airports in East Texas an Wast Louisiana.

## Education
The City of Livingston is servit bi the Livingston Independent School District.

Polk Coonty College is bein biggit in Livingston. It will offer a full twa year college curriculum and some fower year college courses.

## Media
* KCTL Telly
* KETX Telly
* KETX Radio (1440 KETX (AM) and 92.3 KETX-FM)
* KDOL Radio (96.1 KDOL-FM)
* PolkCountyToday.com (Up-tae-date news wabsteid)   PolkCountyToday.com (online version o the "PolkCountyToday.com")
* *Polk County Enterprise* (newspaper)
* East Texas News (online version o the "Polk County Enterprise")

## Sports Championships
Heich Schuil Fitbaa:
* Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) state champions 1953
* Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) state champions 1954
* Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) state champions 1958
* Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) state runner Up 1959

High School Basketbaa:
* Livingston High (Aw schuils in ane diveesion) 1939
* Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) Runner Up 1952

## Tourism
* Lake Livingston Recreational Area
Lake Livingston Home Page 

* Lake Livingston
** Fishin
** Water Sports
** Dam
** Crappiethon
* Lake Livingston State Park
* Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation
** Annual Pow-Wow
* Tred Days
* Light of Saratoga
* 391 Historical Markers 
* Polk Coonty Museum
* Swartout: Former River Ferry Town, nou a ghost town
* Trinity Neches Livestock show and Rodeo (foondit in 1945)
* Polk Coonty Fireworks on Lake Livingston
* Annual Jingle Bell Fun Run and Walk
* 5k Dam Run

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Livingston ceety wabsteid
* Livingston-Polk County Chamber of Commerce 
* Livingston ISD
* Lake Livingston Recreational Home Page