Editing Livingston, California (section)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1930= 803
|1940= 895
|1950= 1502
|1960= 2188
|1970= 2588
|1980= 5326
|1990= 7317
|2000= 10473
|2010= 13058
|2020= 14172
|estyear=
|estimate=
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

=== Heritage ===
The residents of Livingston are descended from people of many nations, including:

* Mexicans from [[Michoacán]], [[Yucatán Peninsula|the Yucatán]], [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Veracruz]], [[Sinaloa]], [[Jalisco]], [[Oaxaca]] and other ''estados''
* [[Central America]]ns from [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], and other countries
* People from [[Oklahoma]] and other parts of the [[United States|United States of America]]. About 100 members of the [[Cherokee Nation]] live in the town.
* Portuguese from the [[Azores]], [[Angola]], and [[Brazil]]. About 10 percent of the locals speak [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].
* [[Hindu]]s, [[Sikh]]s and [[Muslim]]s from [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. Livingston has one of the largest communities of Sikhs in the United States.
* [[Japanese people|Japanese]], mostly from [[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]]. The Livingston Farmers' Association was founded by [[Japanese American]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waugh |first1=Isami Arifuku |last2=Yamato |first2=Alex |last3=Okamura |first3=Raymond Y. |title=Five Views: An Ethnic Sites Survey for California |date=December 1988 |publisher=California Office of Historic Preservation |chapter-url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views4h103.htm |access-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020222140308/http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views4h103.htm |archive-date=February 22, 2002 |chapter=A History of Japanese Americans in California: Yamato Colony}}</ref>
* [[Mennonites]] from [[Germany]] and [[Russia]]
* [[Armenians]] from the [[Middle East]]
* Hmong from [[Laos]] and [[Vietnam]]
* Cambodians from [[Cambodia]]
* [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] from South [[Vietnam]] after the end of the [[Vietnam War]]
* [[Filipino American|Filipino]]s
* [[Chinese American|Chinese]]

An estimated 30 European, 25 Asian, 15 Latin American and 5 [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]n nationalities are counted among Livingston's ethnic makeup.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} There are very few [[African American|African-Americans]] in Livingston.

The immigration continues. Most of the recent immigrants are from [[Mexico]], [[Central America]], [[Southeast Asia]], the Middle East, and the [[Punjab region|Punjab]].

=== Census figures ===
===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Livingston, California – Racial and Ethnic Composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P004HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE [73] - Livingston city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=160XX00US0642006|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Livingston city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2010.P2?q=p2&g=160XX00US0642006|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Livingston city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0642006|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,065
|1,039
|930
|{{Percentage|1065|10473|2}}
|{{Percentage|1039|13058|2}}
|{{Percentage|930|14172|2}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|62
|60
|95
|{{Percentage|62|10473|2}}
|{{Percentage|60|13058|2}}
|{{Percentage|95|14172|2}}
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|34
|37
|52
|{{Percentage|34|10473|2}}
|{{Percentage|37|13058|2}}
|{{Percentage|52|14172|2}}
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,487
|2,193
|2,978
|{{Percentage|1487|10473|2}}
|{{Percentage|2193|13058|2}}
|{{Percentage|2978|14172|2}}
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|3
|16
|19
|{{Percentage|3|10473|2}}
|{{Percentage|16|13058|2}}
|{{Percentage|19|14172|2}}
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|51
|28
|34
|{{Percentage|51|10473|2}}
|{{Percentage|28|13058|2}}
|{{Percentage|34|14172|2}}
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|250
|138
|128
|{{Percentage|250|10473|2}}
|{{Percentage|138|13058|2}}
|{{Percentage|128|14172|2}}
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|7,521
|9,547
|9,936
|{{Percentage|7521|10473|2}}
|{{Percentage|9547|13058|2}}
|{{Percentage|9936|14172|2}}
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''10,473'''
|'''13,058'''
|'''14,172'''
|'''{{Percentage|10473|10473|2}}'''
|'''{{Percentage|13058|13058|2}}'''
|'''{{Percentage|14172|14172|2}}'''
|}

====2010====
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Livingston had a population of 13,058. The population density was {{convert|3,514.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Livingston was 5,263 (40.3%) White, 106 (0.8%) African American, 348 (2.7%) Native American, 2,223 (17.0%) Asian, 18 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 4,547 (34.8%) from other races, and 553 (4.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9,547 persons (73.1%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0642006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030749/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0642006|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Livingston city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 13,054 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 4 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 3,156 households, 1,907 (100%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,014 (63.8%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 501 (15.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 288 (9.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 199 (6.3%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 19 (0.6%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 277 households (8.8%) were one person and 112 (3.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.14. There were 2,803 families (88.8% of households); the average family size was 4.32.

The age distribution was 4,254 people (32.6%) under the age of 18, 1,783 people (13.7%) aged 18 to 24, 3,605 people (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 2,499 people (19.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 917 people (7.0%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 27.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.

There were 3,320 housing units at an average density of 893.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 1,923 (60.9%) were owner-occupied and 1,233 (39.1%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.7%. 7,849 people (60.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,205 people (39.9%) lived in rental housing units.

====2000====
According to the [[census]] of 2000, there were 10,473 people in 2,390 households, including 2,143 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|3,019.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,449 housing units at an average density of {{convert|706.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 71.81% of the population.

Of the 2,390 households 60.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.3% were non-families. 8.7% of households were one person and 3.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.37 and the average family size was 4.57.

The age distribution was 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% 65 or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 99.3 men.

The median household income was $32,500 and the median family income was $33,939. Males had a median income of $22,249 versus $19,693 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,231. About 20.8% of families and 25.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.7% of those under age 18 and 20.9% of those age 65 or over.