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Lubbock County, TX

317,561 Population
895.6 square miles 354.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$34,551 ±$2,338 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$59,161 ±$3,860 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

17.7% ±2.1% (53,984  ±6,446) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

16.8 minutes ±0.8 (2,476,020  ±141,558) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 329,915,840 (±0.2 / ±2,493,930)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

127,879 ±1,940 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (304,379  ±433) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.2% ±1.4% (3,573  ±1,210) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

139,723 ±210 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$209,200 ±$9,745 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

21.7% ±2% (68,271  ±6,317.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.2% ±3.2% (169,095  ±6,022.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
35.1% ±1.8% (66,423  ±3,403.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.6% (21,002  ±3,302) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.5% ±0.7% (13,415  ±1,723) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
13,415 Total veterans ±1,723 11,537 Male ±1,473 1,878 Female ±825

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