West Livingston, Texas
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West Livingston is a census-designated place
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 (CDP) in western Polk County, Texas
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, United States
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, located along the eastern shore of Lake Livingston
Lake Livingston
Lake Livingston is a reservoir located in the East Texas Piney Woods. Lake Livingston was built, and is owned and operated, by the Trinity River Authority of Texas under contract with the City of Houston for water supply purposes. The lake is the largest lake constructed for water supply purposes...

 6 miles (9.7 km) west of central Livingston
Livingston, Texas
Livingston is a town in Polk County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,433 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Polk County. Livingston was settled in 1835 as Springfield. Its name was changed to Livingston and became the county seat of Polk County in 1846.The Alabama-Coushatta...

. The population was 6,612 at the 2000 census. West Livingston has the Livingston Municipal Airport
Livingston Municipal Airport (Texas)
Livingston Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Livingston, a city in Polk County, Texas, United States...

 and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...

 Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the State of Texas death row
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 for men.

History

The development in West Livingston began in the late 20th century. The Handbook of Texas
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stated that the community was "probably" named after its geographic location.

Geography

West Livingston is located at 30.709430°N 95.019249°W (30.709430, -95.019249).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 24 square miles (62.2 km²), of which, 23.9 square miles (61.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²) of it (0.17%) is water.

West Livingston is located on the southeast shore of Lake Livingston and is north of Lake Livingston State Park. It is south of US Route 190.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 6,612 people, 1,494 households, and 1,087 families residing in the CDP. The population density
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 was 276.2 people per square mile (106.6/km2). There were 2,285 housing units at an average density of 95.4/sq mi (36.9/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.56% White, 29.93% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 1.92% from other races
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, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.70% of the population.

There were 1,494 households out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 13.5% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 42.6% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 243.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 289.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,732, and the median income for a family was $29,122. Males had a median income of $28,854 versus $21,625 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $11,160. About 16.1% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.4% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

West Livingston has the Livingston Municipal Airport
Livingston Municipal Airport (Texas)
Livingston Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Livingston, a city in Polk County, Texas, United States...

, operated by the City of Livingston.

The CDP also has the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...

 Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the State of Texas death row
Death row
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...

for men since 1999.
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