| Lovington, Illinois | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Motto: | "A small town with a big heart." |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Lovington |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 39.715°N -88.6336°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Moultrie |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lovington |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Named For: | Andrew Love |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Title1: | Village president |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.41 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.54 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.41 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.54 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 682 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1069 |
| Population Density Km2: | 758.90 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1965.07 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 61937 |
| Area Code: | 217 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-45044 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2399193 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Lovington, Illinois |
Lovington is a village in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,069 at the 2020 census.[2] Lovington was named after Andrew Love, the first postmaster in the area.
Lovington is in northern Moultrie County, along Illinois Route 32, which follows South County Street and West Springfield Street through the village. IL 32 leads south 9miles to Sullivan, the county seat, and northwest 8miles to La Place. Illinois Route 133 has its western terminus at IL 32 on the southern border of Lovington; Route 133 leads east 8miles to Arthur.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lovington has a total area of 0.54sqmi, all land.[1]
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,222 people, 504 households, and 338 families residing in the village. The population density was 1518.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 536 housing units at an average density of 666sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the village was 98.77% White, 0.25% African American, 0.57% Native American, 0.25% Asian, and 0.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.33% of the population.
There were 504 households, out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $34,115, and the median income for a family was $41,544. Males had a median income of $31,786 versus $20,800 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,311. About 6.5% of families and 8.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.
Lovington High School was shut down in 2012, and the building that had stood since 1909 was torn down after the district annexed into Arthur, Illinois. The new high school encompasses the surrounding towns and is called Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond (ALAH) High School.[4]