Lubbock, Texas

=== Race and ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Lubbock racial composition as of 2020'''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4845000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=data.census.gov |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520131501/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4845000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |url-status=live }}</ref><br /> (''NH = Non-Hispanic''){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |date=July 9, 2021 }} {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520112546/https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|122,337
|47.58%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|24,599
|9.57%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|1,225
|0.48%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|9,236
|3.59%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|156
|0.06%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|811
|0.32%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|7,232
|2.81%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|91,545
|35.6%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''257,141'''
|
|}In 2019, Lubbock had a racial and ethnic makeup of 50.1% [[non-Hispanic whites]], 7.1% [[African Americans|Blacks and African Americans]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indians and Alaska Natives]], 2.6% [[Asian Americans|Asians]], <0.1% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander]], 0.1% some other race, and 2.4% [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. The [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic and Latino American]] population (of any race) was an estimated 37.4% of the total population.<ref name=":0" /> For comparison and contrast in 2020, the racial and ethnic makeup of the city was 47.58% non-Hispanic white, 9.57% Black or African American, 0.48% Native American or Alaska Native, 3.59% Asian alone, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.32% some other race, 2.81% multiracial, and 35.6% Hispanic or Latino American of any race.<ref name=":3" /> The diversifying population reflected state- and nationwide trends among traditional minority populations.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Tavernise |first1=Sabrina |last2=Gebeloff |first2=Robert |date=2021-08-12 |title=Census Shows Sharply Growing Numbers of Hispanic, Asian and Multiracial Americans |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/us-census-population-growth-diversity.html |access-date=2022-06-04 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015506/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/us-census-population-growth-diversity.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last4=Essig |first1=Alexa |last1=Ura |first2=Jason |last2=Kao |first3=Carla |last3=Astudillo |first4=Chris |date=2021-08-12 |title=People of color make up 95% of Texas' population growth, and cities and suburbs are booming, 2020 census shows |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/12/texas-2020-census/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607230948/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/12/texas-2020-census/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010, the [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 75.8% White, 8.6% Black or African American, 0.7% Native American, 2.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 9.9% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latin Americans of any race were 32.1% of the population. Non-Hispanic whites were 55.7% of the population in 2010, down from 77.2% in 1970.<ref name="census">{{cite web |title=Texas – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> In 2000, the city's racial makeup was 72.9% White, 8.7% African American, 0.6% Native American, 1.5% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 14.3% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 27.5% of the population.