The city of Livingston is located in the County of Polk in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 41,133. Polk County is named for James Knox Polk, the eleventh President of the United States. As of the census˛ of 2000, there were 41,133 people, 15,119 households, and 10,915 families residing in the county. The population density was 15/km˛ (39/mi˛). There were 21,177 housing units at an average density of 8/km˛ (20/mi˛). The county comprises 1,061 square miles, ranging in elevation from 100 to 300 feet. The land gently rolls in the north and has light-colored, loamy surfaces and deep, reddish clay subsoils. To the south the topography is more level, with acidic, sandy to loamy surfaces and deep, reddish loam or clay subsoils. Along the Trinity River the soils are dark with loamy surfaces and cracking clay subsoils. Marine deposits indicate that the region was once under the sea. Pine and hardwood forests cover much of the area, but nearly 40 percent of the county is considered prime farmland. The Neches and Trinity rivers border the county, which is drained by seven primary streams: Menard, Sally, Tombigbee, Big Sandy, Long King, Piney, and Kickapoo creeks. The average annual temperature is 67° F. Precipitation averages forty- eight inches annually, and the growing season lasts 250 days. |