327,394 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.1% since 2020)
896 square miles of land · 366 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
31 active community water systems list Lubbock County in the area they serve, reporting 293,542 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LUBBOCK PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · TX1520002 | 266,450 served |
| CITY OF WOLFFORTH buys surface water · local government · TX1520005 | 9,600 served |
| CITY OF SLATON buys surface water · local government · TX1520004 | 5,858 served |
| CITY OF SHALLOWATER groundwater · local government · TX1520003 | 2,964 served |
| CITY OF IDALOU groundwater · local government · TX1520001 | 2,250 served |
| TOWN OF RANSOM CANYON buys surface water · local government · TX1520056 | 1,189 served |
| CITY OF NEW DEAL buys surface water · local government · TX1520015 | 729 served |
| NORTH UNIVERSITY ESTATES groundwater · private · TX1520159 | 600 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 1,270 people were held in Lubbock County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 1,316.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
8 school districts have their office in Lubbock County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $394 million — $320.4 million to run schools, about $12,692 per student, plus $50.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $171 million local (mostly property tax), $120.3 million state, $95.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $296.7 million.
Spent $215.5 million — $112.3 million to run schools, about $10,058 per student, plus $84.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $98.3 million local (mostly property tax), $47.7 million state, $13 million federal. Long-term debt: $466.9 million.
Spent $166.3 million — $80.4 million to run schools, about $10,369 per student, plus $70.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $77 million local (mostly property tax), $25.3 million state, $7.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $369.8 million.
Spent $37.4 million — $21.8 million to run schools, about $12,347 per student, plus $12.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.2 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $48.4 million.
Spent $25.2 million — $22 million to run schools, about $17,367 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.6 million local (mostly property tax), $10.7 million state, $7.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.2 million.
Spent $17.8 million — $14.6 million to run schools, about $12,433 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.9 million local (mostly property tax), $12.4 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.9 million.
Spent $13 million — $12 million to run schools, about $12,105 per student, plus $543,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.1 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.3 million.
Spent $16.5 million — $9.9 million to run schools, about $13,081 per student, plus $4.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $33.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Lubbock County about $213.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
241 bridges in Lubbock County: 114 in good condition, 127 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $149.5 million of work in Lubbock County in fiscal 2025, about $481 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30. Mail ballot application must be received: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Texas Secretary of State, Sept. 28, 2026 · VoteTexas.gov — early voting · VoteTexas.gov
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Nearby counties: Lynn County (30 mi) · Crosby County (30 mi) · Hockley County (30 mi) · Hale County (32 mi) · Garza County (42 mi) · Terry County (43 mi).