Livingston Parish

administration
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Livingston
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 427 Livingston, LA 70754-0427
Foundation :	1832
Made up from:	St. Helena Parish
Area code :	001 225
Demographics
Residents :	128,026 (2010)
Population density :	76.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1820 km²
Water surface :	142 km²
map

Website : www.livingstonparishla.gov

The Livingston Parish ( French Paroisse de Livingston ) is a Parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 128,026 residents and a population density of 76.3 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Livingston .

Livingston Parish is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Baton Rouge .

geography

The Parish is located in southeast Louisiana, about 35 km north of Mississippi and has an area of 1820 square kilometers, of which 142 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following parishes:

	St. Helena Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish		Tangipahoa Parish
Ascension Parish		St. John the Baptist Parish

history

Edward Livingston

Swamp in Tickfaw State Park

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2315	-
1850	3385	46.2%
1860	4431	30.9%
1870	4026	-9.1%
1880	5258	30.6%
1890	5760	9.5%
1900	8100	40.6%
1910	10,627	31.2%
1920	11,643	9.6%
1930	18,206	56.4%
1940	17,790	-2.3%
1950	20,054	12.7%
1960	26,974	34.5%
1970	36,511	35.4%
1980	58,806	61.1%
1990	70,526	19.9%
2000	91,814	30.2%
2010	128.026	39.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Livingston Parish was formed in 1832 from parts of St. Helena Parish. It was named after Edward Livingston (1764-1836), a former Secretary of State of the United States.

The administrative center was originally in the now defunct Van Buren and was moved to Springfield in 1835 . In 1871 Port Vincent became the seat of the Perish administration. Another move followed ten years later, and Centerville became the new Parish Seat. In 1941 the decision was made for the current seat of administration in Livingston .

Twelve structures and sites in the Parish are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 5, 2017).

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , Livingston Parish had 91,814 people in 32,630 households and 25,549 families. The population density was 55 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.35 percent white, 4.22 percent African American, 0.36 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.19 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.68 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.11 percent of the population.

Of the 32,630 households, 41.6 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 63.1 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers, 21.7 percent were non-families, 18.2 percent were single households and 6.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.17.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 29.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 8.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 94.5 men.

The median income for a household in the 38,887 USD , and the median income for a family was 44,071 USD. Males had a median income of $ 36,508 versus $ 22,325 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,282. 9.1 percent of families and 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 11.7 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 15.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.