The South Plains is a region in northwest Texas , United States , consisting of 24 counties.
5-399: The Lubbock metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the South Plains region of West Texas , United States, that covers three counties – Crosby , Lubbock , and Lynn . As of the 2010 census , the Lubbock MSA had a population of 290,805, though a 2019 estimate placed the population at 322,257, which ranks it the 157th-most populated MSA in the United States. It
10-690: A portion of the Texas side of the geographical Llano Estacado and the western portion of the lower part of the Southwestern Tablelands ecological region. South Plains extends south of the Texas Panhandle , centered at Lubbock . While prominent in the area of petroleum production, the South Plains is mainly an agricultural region, producing a great percentage of the nation's cotton and possessing numerous large cattle ranches. The South Plains
15-452: Is also home to several colleges and universities, the largest being Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Cotton is the most common crop grown in South Plains region. In 2004 and again in 2005, records were broken for cotton production. In an extended area comprising 31 counties in and near the South Plains, more than a million bales of cotton were harvested in 2005. This makes the South Plains
20-464: Is also part of the larger Lubbock–Plainview combined statistical area . 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
25-434: 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. South Plains The South Plains region includes 24 counties: The northernmost four (Parmer, Castro, Swisher, and Briscoe) also form part of the Texas Panhandle region. The region consists of
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