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Lubbock, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Lubbock had a population of 199,564 people ^<1>. This represents 0.95% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	220,483	+10.48%	+1.09% since 2007
2007	218,101	+9.29%	+1.02% since 2006
2006	215,904	+8.19%	+1.38% since 2005
2005	212,972	+6.72%	+1.07% since 2004
2004	210,723	+5.59%	+1.21% since 2003
2003	208,204	+4.33%	+1.57% since 2002
2002	204,976	+2.71%	+1.15% since 2001
2001	202,654	+1.55%	+1.55% since 2000
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2000	199,564	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
8	Corpus Christi	SE	486 mi [782 km]	286,462	3.25% increase
9	Plano	E	298 mi [479.6 km]	267,480	20.47% increase
10	Garland	E	306 mi [492.5 km]	218,577	1.3% increase
-11-	Lubbock			220,483	10.48% increase
12	Irving	E	288 mi [463.5 km]	201,358	5.08% increase
13	Laredo	S	439 mi [706 km]	221,659	25.53% increase
14	Amarillo	N	112 mi [180.2 km]	187,236	7.84% increase

Lubbock had 84,066 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Lubbock has an area ^<4> of 114.8 square miles [297.4 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Lubbock had a 2000 population density of 1,738 people per square mile [671 people/km²], making it the state's 185th most densely populated area.

Lubbock County

The city of Lubbock is located in Lubbock County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 243,065 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 199,564 people, Lubbock contained 82.1% of the Lubbock County total.

In addition, where the community of Lubbock has a population density of 1,738 people per square mile [671 people/km²], Lubbock County averages 270.2 people per square mile [104.3 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Lubbock County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Lubbock and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Lubbock. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	220,483	10.48% increase
10 mi [16 km]	4	226,758	10.78% increase
15 mi [24 km]	7	230,739	10.63% increase
20 mi [32 km]	13	241,022	9.87% increase
25 mi [40 km]	17	244,146	9.59% increase
30 mi [48 km]	21	262,307	8.36% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Lubbock. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Lubbock, it also contains a comparison between Lubbock and the state of Texas.

Click here for the Lubbock QuickFact (QF-4845000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Lubbock County (QF-48303).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lubbock County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Crosby	QF-48107	E	6,192	12.24% decrease
Floyd	QF-48153	NE	6,455	16.57% decrease
Garza	QF-48169	SE	4,628	4.75% decrease
Hale	QF-48189	N	35,234	3.68% decrease
Hockley	QF-48219	W	22,205	1.99% decrease
Lamb	QF-48279	NW	13,585	7.28% decrease
Lynn	QF-48305	S	5,783	10.84% decrease
Terry	QF-48445	SW	12,135	4.53% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Lubbock:

	State Code:	48 (Texas)
	County Code:	303 (Lubbock County)
	Place Code:	45000 (Lubbock)

	State & County Code:	48303 (Texas/Lubbock County)

	State & Place Code:	4845000 (Texas/Lubbock)

Lubbock is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Lubbock.

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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Lubbock and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Lubbock. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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