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Lamb County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 150 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48279

Within Texas
Lamb County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Littlefield, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
12,579
-426 (-3.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,016
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
12.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Littlefield
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
Littlefield city
Population 5,675.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Lamb County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Lamb County, Texas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 727 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Lamb County ranks

Position among the 254 counties of Texas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn TexasNationally
Population12,579150th of 2542,247th of 3,144
Land area1,016 sq mi69th of 254657th of 3,144
Population density12.4 per sq mi160th of 2542,482nd of 3,144
Median household income$60,760158th of 2542,012th of 3,143

Full data for Lamb County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,579Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,005Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,041Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,016 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,018 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?12.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,760American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$82,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,677American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,885American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-5
153 births, 158 deaths
Net migration
-33
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Lamb County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Hale CountyTexas34 mi31,819
Bailey CountyTexas34 mi6,963
Hockley CountyTexas30 mi21,600
Castro CountyTexas25 mi7,295
Parmer CountyTexas5.1 mi9,678
Cochran CountyTexasa single point2,546
Lubbock CountyTexasa single point328,906

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.