West Texas

==Major cities==

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Region rank
! City
! 2020 Census <ref name=2020Census>{{cite web|url=https://demographics.texas.gov//Resources/Decennial/2020/Redistrict/pl94-171/csvdata/totpop/sumlev//tx48s160.zip |title=Total Population, Housing Unit, and Group Quarter Data by Area in Texas |date=April 26, 2021 |website=Texas Demographic Center |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 21, 2022}}</ref>
! State ranked 
! County
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 1
| [[El Paso]]
| 678,815	
| 6
| [[El Paso County, Texas|El Paso County]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 2
| [[Lubbock]]
| 257,141	
| 10
| [[Lubbock County]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 3
| [[Midland, Texas|Midland]]
| 132,524	
| 26
| [[Midland, Texas|Midland County]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 4
| [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]]
| 114,428	
| 35
| [[Ector County, Texas|Ector County]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 5
| [[Socorro, Texas|Socorro]]
| 34,306
| 92
| [[El Paso County, Texas|El Paso County]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 6
| [[Big Spring, Texas|Big Spring]]
| 26,144	
| 117
| [[Howard County, Texas|Howard County]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 7
| [[Horizon City, Texas|Horizon City]]
| 22,489	
| 132
| [[El Paso County, Texas|El Paso County]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| 8
| [[Plainview, Texas|Plainview]]
| 20,187	
| 145
| [[Hale County, Texas|Hale County]]
|}
<gallery>
File:Downtown El Paso at sunset.jpeg|[[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]
File:LubbockSkyline2013.jpg|[[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]]
File:Midland44 Skyline.jpg|[[Midland, Texas|Midland]]
File:Downtown Odessa.jpg|[[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]]
File:Socorro mission front.jpg|[[Socorro, Texas|Socorro]]
File:Big Spring 1.jpg|[[Big Spring, Texas|Big Spring]]
File:Horizon City.jpg| [[Horizon City, Texas|Horizon City]]
File:Plainview Texas City Hall 2019.jpg| [[Plainview, Texas|Plainview]]</gallery>

Smaller West Texas cities and towns include [[Alpine, Texas|Alpine]], [[Andrews, Texas|Andrews]], [[Anthony, Texas|Anthony]], [[Brownfield, Texas|Brownfield]], [[Canutillo, Texas|Canutillo]], [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]], [[Coyanosa, Texas|Coyanosa]], [[Crane, Texas|Crane]], [[Dalhart, Texas|Dalhart]], [[Fort Davis, Texas|Fort Davis]], [[Fabens, Texas|Fabens]], [[Fort Bliss]], [[San Elizario, Texas|San Elizario]], [[Fort Stockton, Texas|Fort Stockton]], [[Hale Center, Texas|Hale Center]], [[Hereford, Texas|Hereford]], [[Iraan, Texas|Iraan]], [[Kermit, Texas|Kermit]], [[Lamesa, Texas|Lamesa]], [[Levelland, Texas|Levelland]], [[Littlefield, Texas|Littlefield]], [[Marathon, Texas|Marathon]], [[Marfa, Texas|Marfa]], [[McCamey, Texas|McCamey]], [[Mertzon, Texas|Mertzon]], [[Monahans, Texas|Monahans]], [[Muleshoe, Texas|Muleshoe]], [[Ozona, Texas|Ozona]], [[Pampa, Texas|Pampa]], [[Pecos, Texas|Pecos]], [[Horizon City, Texas|Horizon City]], [[Post, Texas|Post]], [[Rankin, Texas|Rankin]], [[Seminole, Texas|Seminole]], [[Slaton, Texas|Slaton]], [[Snyder, Texas|Snyder]], [[Sweetwater, Texas|Sweetwater]], and [[Van Horn, Texas|Van Horn]].