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Lubbock, Texas
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<p>Lubbock is a city in the U.S. state of <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a> and the <a href="/facts/County_seat/ItAWPoWw">county seat</a> of <a href="/facts/Lubbock_County%2c_Texas/Hh6Psu1Q">Lubbock County</a>. With a population of 272,086 in 2024, Lubbock is the <a href="/facts/List_of_cities_in_Texas_by_population/KTbIpfax">10th-most populous</a> city in Texas and the <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population/rcYY6hsJ">84th-most populous</a> in the United States. The city is in the <a href="/facts/West_Texas/W83B9coI">northwestern</a> part of the state, in the <a href="/facts/Great_Plains/LWPW30WU">Great Plains</a> region, an area known historically and geographically as the <a href="/facts/Llano_Estacado/dNMblbD5">Llano Estacado</a>, and ecologically is part of the southern end of the <a href="/facts/High_Plains_(United_States)/xwlhDJoJ">High Plains</a>, lying at the economic center of the <a href="/facts/Lubbock_metropolitan_area/5dNge3YG">Lubbock metropolitan area</a>, which had an estimated population of 367,109 in 2024. </p><p>Lubbock's nickname, "Hub City", derives from it being the economic, educational, and healthcare hub of the multicounty region, located north of the <a href="/facts/Permian_Basin_(North_America)/T86PzM8a">Permian Basin</a> and south of the <a href="/facts/Texas_Panhandle/tyKsoNK1">Texas Panhandle</a>, commonly called the <a href="/facts/South_Plains/lLhywU7q">South Plains</a>. The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on water from the <a href="/facts/Ogallala_Aquifer/nG905SQ9">Ogallala Aquifer</a> for <a href="/facts/Irrigation/RWX5PEgK">irrigation</a>. </p><p>Lubbock is home to <a href="/facts/Texas_Tech_University/MrEbR1Ik">Texas Tech University</a>, the sixth-largest college by enrollment in the state. </p>