Lubbock County, Texas Explained

County:Lubbock County
State:Texas
Founded:1891
Seat Wl:Lubbock
Largest City Wl:Lubbock
Area Total Sq Mi:901
Area Land Sq Mi:896
Area Water Sq Mi:5.1
Area Percentage:0.6
Census Yr:2020
Pop:310639
Density Sq Mi:auto
Ex Image:Lubbock April 2022 12 (Lubbock County Courthouse).jpg
Ex Image Size:250
Ex Image Cap:The current Lubbock County Courthouse
Time Zone:Central
District:19th

Lubbock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 census placed the population at 310,639.[1] Its county seat and largest city is Lubbock.[2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891.[3] It is named for Thomas Saltus Lubbock,[4] a Confederate colonel and Texas Ranger (some sources give his first name as Thompson).

Lubbock County, along with Crosby County, and Lynn County, is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The Lubbock MSA and Levelland Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing only Hockley County, form the larger Lubbock–Levelland Combined Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which are land and (0.6%) are covered by water.[5]

Major highways

Adjacent counties

Demographics

Lubbock County, Texas - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)!Race / Ethnicity!Pop 2010[6] !Pop 2020[7] !% 2010!% 2020
White alone (NH)159,815154,99457.32%49.90%
Black or African American alone (NH)19,95725,6637.16%8.26%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)1,0261,4360.37%0.46%
Asian alone (NH)5,6509,4902.03%3.05%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)1611800.06%0.06%
Some Other Race alone (NH)2849680.10%0.31%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)3,0148,7381.08%2.81%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)88,924109,17031.89%35.14%
Total278,831310,639100.00%100.00%
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

As of the census[8] of 2000, 242,628 people, 92,516 households, and 60,135 families resided in the county. The population density was 270/mi2. The 100,595 housing units averaged 112adj=preNaNadj=pre. The racial makeup of the county was 74.30% White, 7.67% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 1.31% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 14.15% from other races, and 1.96% from two or more races. About 27.45% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 92,516 households, 31.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.20% were married couples living together, 12.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.00% were not families. About 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county, the population was distributed as 25.70% under the age of 18, 16.30% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 19.20% from 45 to 64, and 11.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,198, and for a family was $41,067. Males had a median income of $29,961 versus $21,591 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,323. About 12.00% of families and 17.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.60% of those under age 18 and 10.70% of those age 65 or over.

Elected leadership

Legislative RepresentationNameService
United States Congress, District 19Jodey Arrington2017 – Present
State Senator, District 28Charles Perry2014 – Present
State Representative, District 83Dustin Burrows2015 – Present
State Representative, District 84Carl Tepper2023 – Present
County Elected LeadershipNameService
County JudgeCurtis Parrish2019 – present
County Commissioner Pct 1Terence Kovar2021 – present
County Commissioner Pct 2Jason Corley2019 – present
County Commissioner Pct 3Gilbert Flores2017 – present
County Commissioner Pct 4Jordan Rackler2023 – present
District AttorneyK. Sunshine Stanek2018 – present
District ClerkSara Smith2022 – present
County ClerkKelly Pinon2007 – present
County SheriffKelly Rowe2009 – present
County Tax Assessor-collectorRonnie Keister2009 – present
County TreasurerChris Winn2015 – present

Politics

At the presidential level, Lubbock County votes predominantly Republican, having voted Democratic for president only once in the past 70 years, a trend which began with native son Dwight D. Eisenhower heading the ticket in 1952 and 1956, reversing a trend typical of the Solid South. In the 2020 Presidential election, Joe Biden's percentage (a best for a Democrat since 1976), was due to Biden winning precincts within the city highway loop in Lubbock.[9] The heavy Republican lean of the county is mostly due to Republican landslide victories in precincts located outside the city highway loop in the county.

In October 2023 Lubbock County Commissioners passed a "Sanctuary County for the Unborn" ordinance. The ordinance outlaws "the act of transporting another person along their roads for an abortion."[10]

Communities

Cities

Towns

Village

Unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

Education

School districts serving the county include:[11]

The county is in the service area of South Plains College.[12]

Texas Tech University is in Lubbock.

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lubbock County, Texas. United States Census Bureau. January 30, 2022.
  2. Web site: Find a County. June 7, 2011. National Association of Counties.
  3. Web site: Texas: Individual County Chronologies. Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. May 25, 2015.
  4. Book: Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. 1905. U.S. Government Printing Office. 191.
  5. Web site: 2010 Census Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. May 3, 2015. August 22, 2012.
  6. Web site: P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lubbock County, Texas. United States Census Bureau.
  7. Web site: P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lubbock County, Texas. United States Census Bureau.
  8. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. May 14, 2011.
  9. Web site: Park . Alice . Smart . Charlie . Taylor . Rumsey . Watkins . Miles . March 30, 2021 . An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election . September 7, 2020 . New York Times . February 2, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210202111549/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.htmle . live .
  10. News: Harte . Julia . Fight over Texas anti-abortion transport bans reaches biggest battlegrounds yet . October 27, 2023 . Reuters . October 24, 2023.
  11. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lubbock County, TX. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48303_lubbock/DC20SD_C48303.pdf . October 9, 2022 . live. U.S. Census Bureau. June 29, 2022. - list
  12. https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.198. SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.