Livingston California Location Agriculture City Area

Livingston is located at 37°23'4" North, 120°43'18" West (37.384530, -120.721582) ¹. It lies slightly uphill from where the Southern Pacific railroad crosses the Merced River. State highway 99 follows the Southern Pacific.

2 Agriculture

Livingston lies in the fertile San Joaquin Valley. Like the rest of the valley, it has long, dry summers with abundant irrigation water. The winters are mild, alternating between fog, rain, and sun, with occasional frost. This makes for long growing seasons, with a low risk of mold, storms, drought or other bad weather interfering with crops. Most of the valley has clay-based soils. Livingston is unusual in that the Merced River has deposited large amounts of sand. The sand is presumably the ground-up remnants of Half Dome, El Capitan, and Yosemite Valley.

3 City Area

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²). 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. Much of this area is farmland that has been annexed either preemptively, or in anticipation of future growth. The actual city is much smaller.

4 Schools

Many students at Livingston High School attended grade school in Delhi, Ballico, and Cressey.

5 Newspapers

6 Churches

Livingston has many churches, including:

St. Jude's Catholic Church
Two Sikh temples (one each of two different denominations)

Livingston is one of the few places in the United States where a mounted sheriff's deputy rides at the head of religious parades because of the religious symbolism.

After a lengthy court battle (which went to the United States Supreme Court), Sikh children as young as eight years old won the right to bring knives (kirpans) to school, if certain safety precautions are followed.

7 Demographics

7.1 Heritage

The residents of Livingston are descended from people of many nations:

Mexicans from Michoacán, the YucatánThe Yucatan Peninsula Yucatan is a peninsula which separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. The peninsula is divided among part of Mexico (the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan), the nation of Belize and Guatemala's norther, ChihuahuaThis article is about the city in Mexico. For the state of Chihuahua see State of Chihuahua. For other meanings of Chihuahua see Chihuahua (disambiguation). Chihuahua is the capital of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. Its population was estimated at 540,, VeracruzVeracruz is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the city. For the state, see State of Veracruz The city of Veracruz is a major port city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 105 kilometers (65 miles) along federal hi, and other estados.
Other Central Americans from GuatemalaFor the city, see Guatemala City. The Republic of Guatemala is a country in Central America, in the south of the continent of North America, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, Belize to the north, El SalvadorEl Salvador ( Spanish for "The Savior") is a republic in Central America with a population of approximately 6. 2 million people. History Main article: History of El Salvador El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central America, and other countries.
People from Oklahoma and other parts of the United States of AmericaThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in.
Portuguese from the AzoresThe Azores (or Acores in Portuguese) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. The nine Azorean Islands extend for more than 6, AngolaThis article is about the nation, for the prison see Angola Prison Angola is a country in southwestern Africa bordering Namibia, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville and Zambia and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean. A former Portuguese colony, it ha, and Brazil.
Sikhs and Muslims from India and Pakistan.
Japanese.
Hmong from Laos.
Mennonites from Germany and Russia.
Armenians.
Vietnamese from South Vietnam.
Filipinos.
Chinese.

There are very few blacks and American Indians.

The immigration continues. Most of the recent immigrants are from Mexico, Central America, and the Punjab.

7.2 Census Problems

Because so many residents are immigrants, it is likely that Census figures underestimate the actual population. (The number of automobiles in the town is consistent with a higher population than the official figure.)

According to the census figures, Livingston has one of the highest percentages of married couples with children in California. (This may be an artifact of the population underestimate.)

Because the city is much smaller than its city limits, the population density is much higher than the value calculated by the Census Bureau.

7.3 Census Figures

According to the census of 2000, there are 10,473 people, 2,390 households, and 2,143 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,165.3/km² (3,019.8/mi²). There are 2,449 housing units at an average density of 272.5/km² (706.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 36.52% White, 0.74% African American, 0.93% Native American, 14.45% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 41.54% from other races, and 5.76% from two or more races. 71.81% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 2,390 households out of which 60.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% are married couples living together, 14.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 10.3% are non-families. 8.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 3.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 4.37 and the average family size is 4.57.

In the city the population is spread out with 37.7% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 15.2% from 45 to 64, and 6.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 25 years. For every 100 females there are 101.0 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 99.3 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $32,500, and the median income for a family is $33,939. Males have a median income of $22,249 versus $19,693 for females. The per capita income for the city is $9,231. 25.2% of the population and 20.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 30.7% of those under the age of 18 and 20.9% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

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