Back Lubbock AF لوبوك Arabic لوبوك ARZ Lubbock (Texas) AST لاباک، تکزاس AZB Лабак (Тэхас) BE Лабак (Тэхас) BE-X-OLD Лъбък (Тексас) Bulgarian Lubbock (Texas) BR Lubbock Catalan
Lubbock, Texas | |
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 Downtown Lubbock in 2013 | |
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| Nickname: Hub City | |
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| Coordinates: 33°35′06″N 101°50′42″W / 33.58500°N 101.84500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Lubbock |
| Settled | 1889 |
| Incorporated | March 16, 1909 |
| Named for | Thomas Saltus Lubbock |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Tray Payne (R) |
| • City Council | Christy Martinez Shelia Patterson Harris Mark McBrayer Steve Massengale Jennifer Wilson Latrelle Joy |
| • City manager | W. Jarrett Atkinson |
| Area | |
| • City | 135.85 sq mi (351.85 km2) |
| • Land | 134.60 sq mi (348.63 km2) |
| • Water | 1.24 sq mi (3.22 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,202 ft (976 m) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
| • City | 263,930 |
| • Rank | 85th in the United States 10th in Texas |
| • Density | 1,900/sq mi (750/km2) |
| • Urban | 272,280 (US: 150th) |
| • Urban density | 2,562.1/sq mi (989.2/km2) |
| • Metro | 328,283 (US: 159th) |
| • CSA | 381,271 (US: 100th) |
| Demonym | Lubbockite |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 79401-79416, 79423, 79424, 79430, 79452, 79453, 79457, 79464, 79490, 79491, 79493, 79499 |
| Area code | 806 |
| FIPS code | 48-45000[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1374760[2] |
| Website | ci |
Lubbock (/ˈlʌbək/ LUB-ək)[7] is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 263,930 in 2022,[3] the city is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 85th-most populous in the United States.[8] The city is in the northwestern part of the state (the region is the Great Plains), an area known historically and geographically as the Llano Estacado, and ecologically is part of the southern end of the High Plains, lying at the economic center of the Lubbock metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 328,283 in 2022.[9]
Lubbock's nickname, "Hub City," derives from it being the economic, educational, and health-care hub of the multicounty region, north of the Permian Basin and south of the Texas Panhandle, commonly called the South Plains.[10] The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world[11][12] and is heavily dependent on water from the Ogallala Aquifer for irrigation.
Lubbock is home to Texas Tech University, the sixth-largest college by enrollment in the state.
- ^ "202 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "Lubbock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ "2020 Census Qualifying Urban Areas and Final Criteria Clarifications". Federal Register. United States Census Bureau. December 29, 2022. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ "Annual Resident Population Estimates for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Their Geographic Components for the United States: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022 (CBSA-EST2022)" (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. May 18, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ "Annual Resident Population Estimates for Combined Statistical Areas and Their Geographic Components for the United States: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022 (CSA-EST2022)" (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. May 18, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ "Lubbock". Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Online ed.). Merriam-Webster Incorporated. 2006. Archived from the original on March 20, 2006. Retrieved November 9, 2006. The pronunciation has been newsworthy: Westbrook, Ray (July 25, 2011). "The linguistics of Lubb-uhk: The grating sound of 'Lubbick' hard on the ears of some longtime Lubbockites". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. pp. A1, A5. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "Media Resources". Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. 2006. Archived from the original on May 6, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2006.
- ^ "Lubbock Community". Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010.
- ^ Morrow, M. R.; Kreig, D. R. "Cotton Management Strategies for a Short Growing Season Environment: Water-Nitrogen Considerations". Agronomy Journal. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009.