Lubbock County is a

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located in the

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. The 2020 census placed the population at 310,639. Its

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and largest city is

Lubbock Lubbock ( ) is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northw ...

. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891. It is named for

Thomas Saltus Lubbock Thomas Saltus Lubbock (November 29, 1817 – January 9, 1862)Cutrer, Thomas W. "LUBBOCK, THOMAS SALTUS," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/flu02), accessed July 07, 2012. Published by the Texas State H ...

, a

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colonel and Texas Ranger (some sources give his first name as Thompson). Lubbock County, along with Crosby County, and Lynn County, is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The Lubbock MSA and Levelland Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing only Hockley County, form the larger

Lubbock–Levelland Combined Statistical Area The Lubbock-Plainview-Levelland Combined Statistical Area is made up of five counties (Crosby, Hale, Hockley, Lynn, and Lubbock) in the South Plains region of west Texas. As of March 2020, the Lubbock-Plainview-Levelland CSA consists of the Lubbo ...

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.6%) are covered by water.

Major highways

Interstate 27 Interstate 27 (I-27) is an Interstate Highway, entirely in the US state of Texas, running north from Lubbock to I-40 in Amarillo. These two cities are the only control cities on I-27; other cities and towns served by I-27 include (from sou ...

U.S. Route 62 U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Can ...

U.S. Route 82 U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States. Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625-mile (2,615 km) route extending from ...

U.S. Route 84 U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–west U.S. Highway that started as a short Georgia–Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme. Later, in 1941, it had been extended all the way to Colorado. The highway's eastern terminus is a short dista ...

U.S. Route 87 * Texas 114

State Highway 114 * Texas Loop 289

Loop 289

Adjacent counties

* Hale County (north) * Crosby County (east) * Lynn County (south) * Hockley County (west) * Lamb County (northwest) * Terry County (southwest) *

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(southeast) * Floyd County (northeast)

Demographics

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' As of the

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of 2000, 242,628 people, 92,516 households, and 60,135 families resided in the county. The

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was 270 people per square mile (104/km²). The 100,595 housing units averaged 112 per square mile (43/km²). The

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of the county was 74.30% White, 7.67% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 1.31% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 14.15% from other races, and 1.96% from two or more races. About 27.45% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 92,516 households, 31.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.20% were married couples living together, 12.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.00% were not families. About 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.10. In the county, the population was distributed as 25.70% under the age of 18, 16.30% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 19.20% from 45 to 64, and 11.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.60 males. The median income for a household in the county was $32,198, and for a family was $41,067. Males had a median income of $29,961 versus $21,591 for females. The

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for the county was $17,323. About 12.00% of families and 17.80% of the population were below the

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, including 21.60% of those under age 18 and 10.70% of those age 65 or over.

Elected leadership

Politics

Despite being a relatively populated Texas county and one of the fastest growing cities in Texas, Lubbock County is very Republican, having voted Democratic for president only once in the past 70 years. The county is so Republican-leaning that despite getting only one third of the vote, Joe Biden had the best county-wide performance for a Democrat since

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Communities

Cities

* Abernathy (mostly in Hale County) * Idalou *

(county seat) * Shallowater * Wolfforth

Towns

New Deal The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ...

Ransom Canyon Ransom Canyon is a town in Lubbock County of West Texas, United States. The population was 1,096 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography The town of Ransom Canyon is located within Yellow House Canyo ...

* Slaton

Village

* Buffalo Springs

Unincorporated communities

* Acuff * Becton * Heckville * Posey * Reese Center *

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* Woodrow

Ghost town

* Estacado (partly in Crosby County)

Education

School districts serving the county include: *

Abernathy Independent School District The Abernathy Independent School District is a school district based in Abernathy, Texas, Abernathy, Texas (United States, USA). The school operates three schools: Abernathy Elementary School, Abernathy Middle School, and Abernathy High School. ...

Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District (LCISD) is a 5-A school district located south of the city of Lubbock, Texas ( USA), centered on the small community of Woodrow. School colors are red and black, and the mascot is the Fighting Pirates. ...

Frenship Independent School District Frenship Independent School District is a public school district based in Wolfforth, Texas, United States. In addition to Wolfforth, the district serves western portions of Lubbock and southwestern Lubbock County. A small part of Hockley Coun ...

Idalou Independent School District Idalou Independent School District is a public school district based in Idalou, Texas (United States) that serves students in northeastern Lubbock County, Texas, Lubbock County. In addition to Idalou, the district includes a small section of Lubb ...

Lorenzo Independent School District Lorenzo Independent School District is a public school district based in Lorenzo, Texas, Lorenzo, Texas (United States, USA). Located in Crosby County, Texas, Crosby County, a small portion of the district extends into Lubbock County, Texas, Lubb ...

Lubbock Independent School District Lubbock Independent School District was established in 1907. Accredited by the Texas Education Agency, Lubbock ISD is the largest school district that serves the city of Lubbock, Texas (USA). The Lubbock Independent School District covers and ...

New Deal Independent School District New Deal Independent School District is a public school district classified as 2A by the UIL based in New Deal, Texas, New Deal, Texas (United States, USA). In addition to New Deal, it includes a northern portion of Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock. Ther ...

Roosevelt Independent School District Roosevelt Independent School District is a small, innovative, public school district located 8 miles east of Lubbock, Texas (USA). The district serves the unincorporated communities of Acuff and Roosevelt, along with the northern portions of the ...

Shallowater Independent School District Shallowater Independent School District is a public school district based in Shallowater, Texas (USA) that serves students in northwestern Lubbock County. In addition to Shallowater, the district includes a section of Lubbock. The district has ...

Slaton Independent School District Slaton Independent School District is a public school district based in Slaton, Texas, United States. In addition to Slaton, the district serves students in rural southeastern Lubbock County and parts of Ransom Canyon. A small portion of extreme ...

* Southland Independent School District The county is in the service area of

South Plains College South Plains College (SPC) is a public community college in Levelland, Texas. It operates satellite branches in Plainview, at the Reese Technology Center, formerly Reese Air Force Base, in western Lubbock, and the Lubbock Center near centra ...

.Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.198. SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
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is in Lubbock.

References

External links

Lubbock County government’s website
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Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties

Map of Fire Stations in Lubbock County
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