Lubbock metropolitan area


The Lubbock metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area in the South Plains region of West Texas, United States, that covers three counties – Crosby, Lubbock, and Lynn. As of the 2010 census, the Lubbock MSA had a population of 290,805, though a 2019 estimate placed the population at 322,257, which ranks it the 157th-most populated MSA in the United States. It is also part of the larger Lubbock–Plainview combined statistical area.

Communities

Places with more than 150,000 people

  • Lubbock

    Places with 15,000 to 25,000 people

  • Plainview

    Places with 5,000 to 15,000 people

  • Levelland
  • Slaton
  • Wolfforth

    Places with 1,000 to 5,000 people

  • Abernathy
  • Anton
  • Crosbyton
  • Hale Center
  • Idalou
  • Lorenzo
  • Petersburg
  • Ralls
  • Ransom Canyon
  • Shallowater
  • Sundown
  • Tahoka

    Places with less than 1,000 people

  • Buffalo Springs
  • New Deal
  • New Home
  • O'Donnell
  • Opdyke West
  • Reese Center
  • Ropesville
  • Smyer
  • Wilson

    Unincorporated places

  • Acuff
  • Cone
  • Cotton Center
  • Grassland
  • Roosevelt
  • Slide
  • Wayside
  • Whitharral
  • Woodrow

    Ghost town

  • Hale City

    Demographics

As of the census of 2020, 321,368 people, 120,841 households, and
73,302 families lived in the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 61.8% White, 8.1% African American, 1.0% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 11.68% from other races, and 13.9% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 35.6% of the population.
In 2000, the median income for a household in the MSA was $28,984 and for a family was $35,479. Males had a median income of $26,868 versus $19,410 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $15,884.