Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock, Texas | |
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Downtown Lubbock in 2024 | |
| Nickname: Hub City | |
Interactive map of Lubbock | |
| 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 after | Thomas Saltus Lubbock |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Mark McBrayer (R) |
| • City Council |
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| • City manager | W. Jarrett Atkinson |
| Area | |
| 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 (2024) | |
| 272,086 | |
| • Rank | |
| • Density | 2,000/sq mi (770/km2) |
| • Urban | 272,280 (US: 150th) |
| • Urban density | 2,562.1/sq mi (989.2/km2) |
| • Metro | 367,109 (US: 154th) |
| • CSA | 404,104 (US: 103th) |
| 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 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1374760 |
| Website | ci |
Lubbock (/ˈlʌbək/ LUB-ək) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 272,086 in 2024, Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northwestern part of the state, in the Great Plains region, 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 367,109 in 2024.
Lubbock's nickname, "Hub City", derives from it being the economic, educational, and healthcare hub of the multicounty region, located north of the Permian Basin and south of the Texas Panhandle, commonly called the South Plains. The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world 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.