The Lubbock metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the South Plains region of West Texas, United States, that covers six counties – Cochran, Crosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, and Lynn. As of the 2020 census, the Lubbock MSA had a population of 351,268, though a 2025 estimate placed the population at 368,431, which ranks it the 154th-most populated MSA in the United States. The Lubbock MSA is a component of the larger Lubbock–Plainview combined statistical area. Communities
Places with more than 150,000 people Lubbock (Principal city)
Places with 15,000 to 25,000 people
Plainview
Places with 5,000 to 15,000 people Levelland Slaton Wolfforth
Places with 1,000 to 5,000 people Abernathy Anton Crosbyton Hale Center Idalou Lorenzo Petersburg Ralls Ransom Canyon Shallowater Sundown Tahoka
Places with less than 1,000 people Buffalo Springs New Deal New Home O'Donnell Opdyke West Reese Center Ropesville Smyer Wilson
Unincorporated places Acuff Cone Cotton Center Grassland Roosevelt Slide Wayside Whitharral Woodrow
Ghost town
Hale City
Demographics
As of the census of 2020, 321,368 people, 120,841 households, and 73,302 families lived in the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 61.8% White (49.8% non-Hispanic Whites), 8.1% African American, 1.0% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 11.68% from other races, and 13.9% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 35.6% of the population.
In 2000, the median income for a household in the MSA was $28,984 and for a family was $35,479. Males had a median income of $26,868 versus $19,410 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $15,884.
CountySeat2025 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensityLubbockLubbock HockleyLevelland LynnTahoka CrosbyCrosbyton GarzaPost CochranMorton Total
See also List of cities in Texas List of museums in West Texas Texas census statistical areas List of Texas metropolitan areas
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