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Lubbock, TX
272,086 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4845000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lubbock ranked #119 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Lubbock and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Columbus GA, Shreveport LA, Amarillo TX, Corpus Christi TX, Abilene TX, Tallahassee FL, Mobile AL, Winston-Salem NC, Montgomery AL, Springfield MO, Rockford IL, Augusta GA, Chattanooga TN · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #119 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #167 | #166 | #202 | #148 | #177 | #142 | #122 | #163 | #85 | #136 | #129 | #58 | #187 | #172 | #129 | #104 | #92 | #177 | #119 | #107 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 212,332 | 215,585 | 218,440 | 220,863 | 225,833 | 231,105 | 233,928 | 236,361 | 239,708 | 244,350 | 247,950 | 251,387 | 254,432 | 256,469 | 258,862 | 258,050 | 261,308 | 264,573 | 268,053 | 272,086 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #48 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.0 | +1.1 | — | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #55 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 9 in its peer group with data | 7.6 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.5 | — | 6.1 | — | 6.0 | — | — | 7.1 | 9.6 | — | 5.2 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 8.2 | 6.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #146 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 23.0% | 22.3% | 21.8% | 20.2% | 22.2% | 22.5% | 20.7% | 23.9% | 21.3% | 22.7% | 22.5% | 22.7% | 23.6% | 23.2% | 22.4% | — | 21.2% | 23.3% | 26.0% | 23.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #152 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #239 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 160.3 | 170.7 | 211.2 | 220.8 | 232.4 | 175.3 | 160.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 121,352 | 122,577 | 122,109 | 125,313 | 127,302 | 129,994 | 128,692 | 126,349 | 129,775 | 132,867 | 135,343 | 136,830 | 138,121 | 137,412 | 135,110 | 132,911 | 136,852 | 137,682 | 148,163 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #102 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -0.7 | +0.3 | +1.0 | -0.5 | -2.1 | +0.2 | -0.5 | +0.2 | +0.6 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.7 | +0.5 | +0.9 | -0.4 | +0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 118,982 | 113,938 | 115,460 | 121,671 | 119,143 | 121,270 | 126,475 | 127,352 | 130,173 | — | 130,562 | 135,211 | 137,961 | 143,544 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #126 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.9% | 7.6% | 7.3% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 2.3% | — | 5.5% | 5.3% | 4.1% | 4.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #46 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 19% | 20% | 17% | 3% | 13% | 1% | 10% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 25% | 24% | 27% | 29% | 40% | 36% | 36% | 37% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #249 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $2,893 | $2,590 | $3,995 | $4,344 | $6,516 | $6,427 | $7,042 | $7,758 | $7,645 | $7,182 | $7,006 | $6,873 | $6,249 | $6,194 | $6,176 | $6,035 | $5,478 | $5,565 | $5,156 | $4,822 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Lubbock. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.