2022 population: 328,283 ( 37,478 from 2010 , 6,921 from 2020)
Land area: 2687.7 square miles
Population density: 122.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	167,190	50.93%	1.1%
Black:	22,665	6.90%	11.8%
Indian:	1,382	0.42%	29.5%
Asian:	7,524	2.29%	29.2%
2+ races:	4,608	1.40%	49.4%
Hispanic:	124,914	38.05%	31.7%

Total non-White:	161,093	49.07%	28.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	9,328	14.5
Deaths:	8,159	12.7
Net Migration:	4,445	6.9
Net Immigration:	1,237	1.9

Change in White population:	1,766	0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	35,712	12.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
290,805
165,424	56.88%
20,269	6.97%
1,067	0.37%
5,825	2.00%
3,085	1.06%
94,838	32.61%
125,381	43.12%

2000
256,250
158,383	61.81%
18,612	7.26%
863	0.34%
3,143	1.23%
2,110	0.82%
72,992	28.48%
97,867	38.19%

1990
236,698
159,992	67.59%
16,782	7.09%
706	0.30%
2,716	1.15%
n/a
56,502	23.87%
76,706	32.41%

1980
229,115
162,529	70.94%
15,911	6.94%
532	0.23%
1,898	0.83%
n/a
47,886	20.90%
66,586	29.06%

1970
197,487
147,652	74.77%
11,975	6.06%
202	0.10%
196	0.10%
n/a
36,608	18.54%
49,835	25.23%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
39,411	15.4
19,922	7.8
4,194	1.6
2,659	1.0

7,041	2.7
27,514	10.7

Number	Rate
1990's
40,210	17.0
19,206	8.1
-18,354	-7.8
2,770	1.2

-1,609	-0.7
21,161	8.9

Number	Rate
1980's
43,326	18.9
16,110	7.0
-19,033	-8.3
n/a

-2,537	-1.1
10,120	4.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,592	1.3
n/a

14,877	7.5
16,751	8.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Lubbock, TX Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
31.4
76,437	23.3%
251,846	76.7%
41,426	12.6%

125,732
2.46

75,559	60.1%
53,451	70.7%
9,018	11.9%
50,173	39.9%

2010
Number	Percent
30.7
71,254	24.5%
219,551	75.5%
32,613	11.2%

110,264
2.54

69,379	62.9%
48,870	70.4%
8,463	12.2%
40,885	37.1%

2000
Number	Percent
31.2
66,229	25.8%
190,021	74.2%
28,592	11.2%

97,571
2.53

64,335	65.9%
48,585	75.5%
7,247	11.3%
33,236	34.1%

1990
Number	Percent
29.3
63,306	26.7%
173,392	73.3%
23,784	10.0%

86,277
2.63

59,453	68.9%
48,409	81.4%
4,773	8.0%
26,824	31.1%

1980
Number	Percent
25.9
67,468	29.4%
161,647	70.6%
18,975	8.3%

78,523
2.78

57,849	73.7%
50,089	86.6%
3,749	6.5%
20,674	26.3%

2022 Housing Data for Lubbock, TX Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,947	7.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,165	4.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,541	4.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,212	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,802	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,240	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,945	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,091	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,279	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	9,626	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	11,551	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	17,050	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	11,456	9.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,138	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,679	6.1%
$200,000 or more	9,010	7.2%

Median Household Income	61,580
Per Capita Income	33,611

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	78

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,110	4.9%
Public Assistance	2,345	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	15,494	12.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	93,744	69.9%
Unemployed	4,610	3.4%
In Armed Forces	203	0.2%

Total Labor Force	98,557	73.4%
Not in Labor Force	35,636	26.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	57,834	46,053	55.7%
Non-Profit	3,885	7,637	33.7%
Self-Employed	8,772	6,013	59.3%

Local Government	4,969	6,969	41.6%
State Government	6,515	7,427	46.7%
Federal Government	1,470	879	62.6%

Total Private + Self	66,606	52,066	56.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	16,839	22,912	42.4%
Total	83,445	74,978	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	17.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	23,692	14.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	35,766	22.5%
Professional, Technical	39,006	24.6%
Service Occupations	27,797	17.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	496	0.3%
All others	32,420	20.4%

White Collar		62.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	23,258	928.1%
Health care and social assistance	22,691	905.5%
Retail trade	19,098	762.1%
Accommodation and food services	14,262	569.1%
Construction	11,401	454.9%
Other services	8,430	336.4%
Manufacturing	8,426	336.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,800	311.3%
Finance and insurance	7,380	294.5%
Public administration	6,768	270.1%
Transportation and warehousing	6,145	245.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,973	198.4%
Wholesale trade	4,814	192.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,070	122.5%
Information	2,884	115.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,360	94.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,915	76.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,728	69.0%
Utilities	1,084	43.3%
Management	194	7.7%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	98,205	30.47%
Puerto Rican	1,602	0.50%
Cuban	362	0.11%
Dominican	49	0.02%

Total Central American	2,734	0.85%
Costa Rican	34	0.01%
Guatemalan	572	0.18%
Honduran	561	0.17%
Nicaraguan	19	0.01%
Panamanian	88	0.03%
Salvadoran	1,460	0.45%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,585	0.49%
Argentinean	41	0.01%
Bolivian	72	0.02%
Chilean	72	0.02%
Colombian	482	0.15%
Ecuadorian	156	0.05%
Paraguayan	27	0.01%
Peruvian	551	0.17%
Uruguayan	44	0.01%
Venezuelan	140	0.04%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	15,717	4.88%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	2,053	0.64%
Filipino	1,303	0.40%
Indian	1,235	0.38%
Vietnamese	652	0.20%
Korean	529	0.16%
Japanese	176	0.05%
Thai	146	0.05%
Bangladeshi	89	0.03%
Cambodian	73	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	239,201	79.2%
Spanish	53,170	17.6%
Other Indo-European	1,741	0.6%
Chinese	1,738	0.6%
Other	1,660	0.5%
Other Asian	926	0.3%
Tagalog	733	0.2%
Arabic	588	0.2%
Vietnamese	566	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	27,299	8.5%
German	27,098	8.4%
Irish	21,253	6.6%
American	16,206	5.0%
Scottish	5,692	1.8%
European	4,951	1.5%
Italian	3,967	1.2%
French	3,587	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	3,032	0.9%
Welsh	2,075	0.6%
British	2,002	0.6%
Norwegian	1,685	0.5%
Swedish	1,682	0.5%
Dutch	1,563	0.5%
Polish	1,432	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	310,284	96.3%
Not a citizen	12,001	3.7%

Native	302,410	93.8%
Foreign-born	19,875	6.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,700	5.1%	13,308	6.9%	49,304	25.7%	58,018	30.2%	37,992	19.8%	23,734	12.4%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,700	5.1%
9-12 Years	13,308	6.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	49,304	25.7%
Some College	58,018	30.2%
Bach. Degree	37,992	19.8%
Grad Degree	23,734	12.4%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	239,580	227,424	12,156	5.1%
1991	239,006	225,818	13,188	5.5%
1992	243,868	229,744	14,124	5.8%
1993	245,988	234,288	11,700	4.8%
1994	247,974	237,008	10,966	4.4%
1995	252,956	242,426	10,530	4.2%
1996	255,964	245,386	10,578	4.1%
1997	258,526	248,100	10,426	4.0%
1998	257,602	248,352	9,250	3.6%
1999	259,206	251,302	7,904	3.0%

2000	268,610	258,858	9,752	3.6%
2001	274,804	264,598	10,206	3.7%
2002	277,570	265,366	12,204	4.4%
2003	283,208	269,316	13,892	4.9%
2004	285,320	272,284	13,036	4.6%
2005	287,318	275,298	12,020	4.2%
2006	286,404	274,770	11,634	4.1%
2007	282,856	272,452	10,404	3.7%
2008	287,796	276,976	10,820	3.8%
2009	295,682	279,748	15,934	5.4%

2010	299,098	280,176	18,922	6.3%
2011	303,504	284,500	19,004	6.3%
2012	302,266	286,064	16,202	5.4%
2013	305,504	290,214	15,290	5.0%
2014	306,240	293,946	12,294	4.0%
2015	310,084	299,366	10,718	3.5%
2016	317,960	307,082	10,878	3.4%
2017	322,550	312,134	10,416	3.2%
2018	323,412	313,374	10,038	3.1%
2019	326,796	317,472	9,324	2.9%

2020	323,508	304,970	18,538	5.7%
2021	333,830	318,602	15,228	4.6%
2022	338,080	326,686	11,394	3.4%
2023	342,036	330,594	11,442	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	139,008
Median Value	$180,288

Occupied	125,732	90.4%
Vacant	13,276	9.6%

Owned	70,543	56.1%
Rented	55,189	43.9%
Median Rent	$1,075

Single-Family Units	96,018	69.1%
Detached	92,409	66.5%
Attached	3,609	2.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	25,837	18.6%
Mobile Homes	6,701	4.8%

Lubbock, TX Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lubbock, TX Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Lubbock, TX Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lubbock, TX Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lubbock, TX Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lubbock, TX Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lubbock, TX Metro Area