The Lubbock metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the South Plains region of west

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, United States, that covers three counties – Crosby, Lubbock, and

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. 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

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in the

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. It is also part of the larger Lubbock-Plainview-Levelland combined statistical area.

Communities

Places with more than 150,000 people

* Lubbock (Principal city)

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 people

* Slaton

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 people

* Abernathy (partial) * Crosbyton * Idalou * Lorenzo * Ralls *

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* Shallowater * Tahoka *

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Places with less than 1,000 people

* Buffalo Springs *

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* New Home * O'Donnell * Reese Center

Unincorporated places

* Acuff * Cone *

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* Kalgary * Roosevelt *

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* Wayside *

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2020, there were 321,368 people, 120,841 households, and 73,302 families. The racial makeup of the MSA was 61.8%

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(49.8% Non-Hispanic whites), 8.1%

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, 1.0% Native American, 3.0%

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, 0.08%

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, 11.6% from other races, and 13.9% from two or more races.

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of any race were 35.6% of the population. In 2000, the median income for a household in the MSA was $28,984 and the median income for a family was $35,479. Males had a median income of $26,868 versus $19,410 for females. The

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for the MSA was $15,884.

References

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