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Lubbock County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 18 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48303

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

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Population
328,906
+17,317 (+5.6%) since 2020
Land area
895.6
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
367
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lubbock
Seat of county government.
Established
1891
134 years ago
Largest city
Lubbock city
Population 273,071.

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 Lubbock 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 Lubbock 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 799 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 Lubbock 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
Population328,90618th of 254228th of 3,144
Land area895.6 sq mi155th of 254873rd of 3,144
Population density367 per sq mi22nd of 254374th of 3,144
Median household income$64,155133rd of 2541,694th of 3,143

Full data for Lubbock County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population328,906Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020311,589Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?310,646Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area895.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area900.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?367 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,155American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$214,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age31.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households126,225American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units139,344American 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
+1,188
4,042 births, 2,854 deaths
Net migration
+2,556
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 8 areas bordering Lubbock 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 CountyTexas30 mi31,819
Crosby CountyTexas30 mi4,852
Lynn CountyTexas30 mi6,017
Hockley CountyTexas30 mi21,600
Floyd CountyTexasa single point4,881
Garza CountyTexasa single point4,510
Lamb CountyTexasa single point12,579
Terry CountyTexasa single point11,720

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

All 254 counties of Texas

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