Livingston County, Missouri
Livingston County | |
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Congressional district | 6th |
Website | www |
Livingston County is a
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Grundy County (north)
- Linn County (east)
- Chariton County (southeast)
- Carroll County (south)
- Caldwell County (southwest)
- Daviess County (northwest)
Major highways
- U.S. Route 36
- U.S. Route 65
- Route 190
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1840 | 4,325 | — | |
1850 | 4,247 | −1.8% | |
1860 | 7,417 | 74.6% | |
1870 | 16,730 | 125.6% | |
1880 | 20,196 | 20.7% | |
1890 | 20,668 | 2.3% | |
1900 | 22,302 | 7.9% | |
1910 | 19,453 | −12.8% | |
1920 | 18,857 | −3.1% | |
1930 | 18,615 | −1.3% | |
1940 | 18,000 | −3.3% | |
1950 | 16,532 | −8.2% | |
1960 | 15,771 | −4.6% | |
1970 | 15,368 | −2.6% | |
1980 | 15,739 | 2.4% | |
1990 | 14,592 | −7.3% | |
2000 | 14,588 | 0.0% | |
2010 | 15,195 | 4.2% | |
2020 | 14,557 | −4.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[5] 1790-1960[6] 1900-1990[7] 1990-2000[8] 2010-2015[1] |
As of the
There were 5,871 households, of which 29.59% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.29% were married couples living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.70% were non-families. 29.94% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.43% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.90.
Age distribution was 21.91% under the age of 18, 7.74% from 18 to 24, 25.34% from 25 to 44, 26.81% from 45 to 64, and 18.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 81.02 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.47 males.
The
2020 Census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (NH)
|
13,368 | 92% |
Black or African American (NH)
|
315 | 2.16% |
Native American (NH)
|
47 | 0.32% |
Asian (NH)
|
87 | 0.6% |
Pacific Islander (NH)
|
5 | 0.03% |
Other/Mixed (NH)
|
496 | 3.4% |
Latino
|
239 | 1.64% |
Education
Public schools
- Chillicothe R-II School District – Chillicothe
- Garrison Elementary School (PK)
- Dewey Elementary School (K-01)
- Field Elementary School (02-03)
- Central Elementary School (04-05)
- Chillicothe Middle School (06-08)
- Chillicothe High School (09-12)
- Livingston County R-III School District – Chula
- Livingston County Elementary School (PK-08)
- Southwest Livingston County R-I School District – Ludlow
- Southwest Livingston County Elementary School (PK-06)
- Southwest Livingston County High School (07-12)
Private schools
- Bishop Hogan Memorial School – Roman Catholic
Public libraries
- Livingston County Library[11]
Communities
Cities
- Chillicothe (county seat)
- Chula
- Wheeling
Villages
Census-designated place
Other unincorporated place
Notable people
- Bower Slack Broaddus, U.S. Federal Judge
- U.S. Representative from Florida(1953-1955)
- Ray and Faye Copeland, serial killers
- Claude B. Hutchison, botanist, professor, and Mayor of Berkeley, California (1955-1963)
- Mike Lair, Missouri State Representative (2009–2016) and former teacher
- U.S. Representative from Missouri(1973-1976)
- U.S. Representativefrom Missouri (1887-1893)
- Shirley Collie Nelson, country music artist/actress
- U.S. Representativefrom Missouri (1877-1879)
- John Quinn, Missouri State Representative(2001-2009)
- William Y. Slack, brigadier general and politician
- Clarence Edwin Watkins, publisher
Politics
Local
The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Livingston County. Republicans hold a majority of the elected positions in the county.
Livingston County, Missouri | |||
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Elected countywide officials | |||
Assessor | Steve Ripley | Democratic | |
Circuit Clerk | Jane Gann | Republican | |
County Clerk | Sherry Parks | Democratic | |
Collector | Diana Havens | Republican | |
Commissioner (Presiding) | Ed Douglas | Republican | |
Commissioner (District 1) | Alvin Thompson | Republican | |
Commissioner (District 2) | Dave Mapel | Republican | |
Coroner | J. Scott Lindley | Democratic | |
Prosecuting Attorney | Adam L. Warren | Republican | |
Public Administrator | Geri Curtis | Republican | |
Recorder | Amy Baker | Democratic | |
Sheriff | Steve Cox | Republican | |
Surveyor | Vacant | ||
Treasurer | Diana Havens | Republican |
State
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties
|
---|---|---|---|
2020
|
78.37% 5,258 | 19.85% 1,332 | 1.77% 119 |
2016
|
66.09% 4,189 | 31.43% 1,992 | 2.48% 157 |
2012
|
48.72% 2,922 | 48.46% 2,906 | 2.82% 169 |
2008
|
43.74% 2,830 | 54.40% 3,520 | 1.86% 120 |
2004
|
58.25% 3,680 | 40.84% 2,580 | 0.92% 58 |
2000
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51.99% 3,236 | 46.16% 2,873 | 1.85% 115 |
1996
|
29.66% 1,798 | 68.54% 4,155 | 1.80% 109 |
All of Livingston County is a part of Missouri's 7th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is currently represented by Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rusty Black | 6,152 | 100.00% | +16.86 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Rusty Black | 4,274 | 83.14% | -16.86 | |
Democratic | Dennis VanDyke | 867 | 16.86% | +16.86 |
All of Livingston County is a part of Missouri's 21st District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Denny Hoskins | 5,566 | 88.45% | +12.68 | |
Libertarian | Mark Bliss | 727 | 11.55% | +7.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Denny Hoskins | 4,575 | 75.77% | +7.67 | |
Democratic | ElGene Ver Dught | 1,188 | 19.68% | -7.92 | |
Libertarian | Bill Wayne | 275 | 4.55% | +0.25 |
Federal
All of Livingston County is included in
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sam Graves | 5,536 | 83.05% | +3.44 | |
Democratic | Gena L. Ross | 1,040 | 15.60% | -3.11 | |
Libertarian | Jim Higgins | 90 | 1.35% | -0.34 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sam Graves | 4,107 | 79.61% | +0.05 | |
Democratic | Henry Robert Martin | 965 | 18.71% | +0.98 | |
Libertarian | Dan Hogan | 87 | 1.69% | -0.13 |
Livingston County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the
).Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Josh Hawley | 3,565 | 68.72% | +25.19 | |
Democratic | Claire McCaskill | 1,445 | 27.85% | -20.47 | |
Independent
|
Craig O'Dear | 80 | 1.54% | ||
Libertarian | Japheth Campbell | 72 | 1.39% | -6.76 | |
Green
|
Jo Crain | 26 | 0.50% | +0.50 |
Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Roy Blunt | 3,834 | 60.41% | +16.88 | |
Democratic | Jason Kander | 2,208 | 34.79% | -13.53 | |
Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 158 | 2.49% | -5.66 | |
Green
|
Johnathan McFarland | 76 | 1.20% | +1.20 | |
Constitution | Fred Ryman | 71 | 1.12% | +1.12 |
Political Culture
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 5,267 | 77.94% | 1,410 | 20.86% | 81 | 1.20% |
2016 | 4,879 | 75.99% | 1,265 | 19.70% | 277 | 4.31% |
2012 | 4,006 | 66.17% | 1,906 | 31.48% | 142 | 2.35% |
2008 | 3,993 | 60.94% | 2,435 | 37.16% | 124 | 1.89% |
2004 | 4,029 | 63.49% | 2,278 | 35.90% | 39 | 0.61% |
2000 | 3,709 | 59.10% | 2,425 | 38.64% | 142 | 2.26% |
1996 | 2,384 | 38.89% | 2,913 | 47.52% | 833 | 13.59% |
1992 | 2,370 | 34.53% | 2,505 | 36.50% | 1,988 | 28.97% |
1988 | 3,462 | 52.88% | 3,077 | 47.00% | 8 | 0.12% |
1984 | 4,090 | 60.24% | 2,699 | 39.76% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 3,654 | 50.26% | 3,368 | 46.33% | 248 | 3.41% |
1976 | 3,010 | 43.90% | 3,819 | 55.69% | 28 | 0.41% |
1972 | 5,253 | 66.37% | 2,662 | 33.63% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 3,827 | 48.99% | 3,467 | 44.38% | 518 | 6.63% |
1964 | 2,703 | 33.69% | 5,320 | 66.31% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 5,045 | 57.07% | 3,795 | 42.93% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 5,165 | 57.71% | 3,785 | 42.29% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 5,594 | 59.77% | 3,757 | 40.14% | 8 | 0.09% |
1948 | 3,835 | 47.75% | 4,182 | 52.07% | 14 | 0.17% |
1944 | 4,697 | 54.55% | 3,887 | 45.15% | 26 | 0.30% |
1940 | 5,298 | 53.21% | 4,633 | 46.53% | 25 | 0.25% |
1936 | 4,678 | 47.04% | 5,226 | 52.55% | 40 | 0.40% |
1932 | 3,659 | 43.40% | 4,742 | 56.24% | 30 | 0.36% |
1928 | 5,742 | 63.94% | 3,221 | 35.87% | 17 | 0.19% |
1924 | 4,517 | 50.26% | 4,316 | 48.02% | 155 | 1.72% |
1920 | 5,093 | 57.51% | 3,666 | 41.40% | 97 | 1.10% |
1916 | 2,424 | 47.45% | 2,609 | 51.07% | 76 | 1.49% |
1912 | 885 | 18.37% | 2,314 | 48.04% | 1,618 | 33.59% |
1908 | 2,400 | 48.92% | 2,379 | 48.49% | 127 | 2.59% |
1904 | 2,480 | 48.10% | 2,356 | 45.69% | 320 | 6.21% |
1900 | 2,493 | 45.31% | 2,659 | 48.33% | 350 | 6.36% |
1896 | 2,377 | 41.00% | 3,351 | 57.81% | 69 | 1.19% |
1892 | 1,958 | 39.01% | 2,190 | 43.63% | 871 | 17.35% |
1888 | 2,031 | 42.73% | 2,082 | 43.80% | 640 | 13.47% |
At the presidential level, Livingston County has become solidly Republican in recent years. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Livingston County in 1996 with a plurality of the vote, and a Democrat hasn't won majority support from the county's voters in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Like most rural areas throughout northern Missouri, voters in Livingston County generally adhere to socially and culturally
Missouri presidential preference primaries
2020
The 2020 presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties were held in Missouri on March 10. On the Democratic side, former Vice President Joe Biden (D-Delaware) both won statewide and carried Livingston County by a wide margin. Biden went on to defeat Trump in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joe Biden | 583 | 68.83 | ||
Democratic | Bernie Sanders | 202 | 23.85 | ||
Democratic | Tulsi Gabbard | 11 | 1.30 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 51 | 6.02 |
Incumbent President Donald Trump (R-Florida) faced a primary challenge from former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, but won both Livingston County and statewide by large margins.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Donald Trump | 875 | 97.66 | ||
Republican | Bill Weld | 5 | 0.56 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 16 | 1.79 |
2016
The 2016 presidential primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties were held in Missouri on March 15. Businessman Donald Trump (R-New York) narrowly won the state overall and won a plurality of the vote in Livingston County. He went on to win the presidency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Donald Trump | 1,191 | 46.06 | ||
Republican | Ted Cruz | 886 | 34.26 | ||
Republican | John Kasich | 261 | 10.09 | ||
Republican | Marco Rubio | 150 | 5.80 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 98 | 3.79 |
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) narrowly won statewide, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) carried Livingston County by a single vote.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernie Sanders | 398 | 48.60 | ||
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 397 | 48.47 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 24 | 2.93 |
2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Livingston County supported former
easily won the Missouri Democratic Primary and renomination. He defeated Romney in the general election.2008
In 2008, the Missouri Republican Presidential Primary was closely contested, with
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John McCain | 488 | 38.88 | ||
Republican | Mike Huckabee | 426 | 33.94 | ||
Republican | Mitt Romney | 248 | 19.76 | ||
Republican | Ron Paul | 75 | 5.98 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 18 | 1.44 |
Then-
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 948 | 59.85 | ||
Democratic | Barack Obama | 550 | 34.72 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 86 | 5.43 |
See also
- Hawn's Mill massacre
- Mormon War (1838)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Livingston County, Missouri
References
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 188.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Livingston County, Missouri".
- ^ Breeding, Marshall. "Livingston County Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
External links
- Livingston County Library
- Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Livingston County Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books