Livingston County, Illinois
County seat: Pontiac · Population 35,057 (2025) · 1,044 sq mi
Livingston County is the 39th most populous of Illinois's 102 counties, with 35,057 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Pontiac. It is part of the North Central region, one of the 10 Illinois economic development regions (DCEO). The map shows its 16 cities and towns and the 6 neighboring counties.
Livingston County facts
- County seat
- Pontiac
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 35,057 −2.2% since 2020
- Land area
- 1,044 sq mi 4th largest of 102
- Water area
- 2 sq mi
- Population density
- 34 per sq mi
- Established
- 1837
- Same name
- One of 5 Livingston Counties in the US
- Named after
- Edward Livingston American jurist and statesman (1764-1836)
- Largest city
- Pontiac 10,806
- Median household income
- $73,790
- Cities and towns
- 16
- ZIP codes
- 29
- Time zone
- Central
- FIPS code
- 17105
Cities and towns in Livingston County
Livingston County has 16 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Livingston County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontiac (county seat) | City | 10,806 | |
| Dwight | Village | 3,991 | Grundy County |
| Fairbury | City | 3,597 | |
| Chatsworth | Town | 1,156 | |
| Flanagan | Village | 1,022 | |
| Forrest | Village | 1,015 | |
| Odell | Village | 974 | |
| Cullom | Village | 502 | |
| Cornell | Village | 438 | |
| Saunemin | Village | 402 | |
| Long Point | Village | 197 | |
| Campus | Village | 143 | |
| Strawn | Village | 102 | |
| Emington | Village | 97 | |
| Streator | City | 63 | LaSalle County |
| Reddick | Village | 17 | Kankakee County |
ZIP codes in Livingston County
29 ZIP codes reach into Livingston County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 60420 also Grundy County
- 60460
- 60470 also LaSalle and Grundy counties
- 60917 also Kankakee and Ford counties
- 60919 also Ford and Kankakee counties
- 60920
- 60921 also Ford County
- 60929 also Ford County
- 60934
- 60946 also Ford County
- 60952 also Ford County
- 60959 also Ford County
- 60961 also Kankakee and Grundy counties
- 60968 also Iroquois and Ford counties
- 61311
- 61313
- 61319
- 61333
- 61364 also LaSalle County
- 61726 also McLean County
- 61731 also McLean and Ford counties
- 61739 also McLean County
- 61740
- 61741
- 61743
- 61744 also McLean and Woodford counties
- 61764
- 61769
- 61775
Population of Livingston County, 2020–2025
Livingston County shrank by 783 people (−2.2%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 582 more deaths than births and a net loss of 212 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 35,808 |
| 2021 | 35,842 |
| 2022 | 35,542 |
| 2023 | 35,215 |
| 2024 | 35,184 |
| 2025 | 35,057 |
Neighboring counties
- Ford County southeast · 13,216 people
- McLean County southwest · 171,419 people
- LaSalle County northwest · 107,773 people
- Grundy County north · 54,052 people
- Woodford County west · 38,111 people
- Kankakee County northeast · 105,525 people
Printable Livingston County map
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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