Lubbock (/ ˈlʌbək / LUB-ək) [7] is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 257,141 at the 2020 census (estimated at 272,086 in 2024), [4] Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. [8]

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Lubbock, city, seat (1891) of Lubbock county, northwestern Texas, U.S., lying some 120 miles (190 km) south of Amarillo. It was formed in 1890 from Old Lubbock and Monterey and named for Colonel Tom S. Lubbock, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

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Lubbock is surrounded by vast plains that form part of the world’s largest contiguous cotton-growing region. The city can be compared to El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, which form the largest international metroplex in the world.

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