Farm Census

Lubbock County, Texas

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

1,286 farms465,867 acres in farms$160 million in farm sales

Lubbock County's sorghum acreage shrank between 2017 and 2022, the second-steepest decline among the 100 leading sorghum counties of 2017 with figures in both years.

Its largest product group with a published figure, cotton, makes up 17.1% of farm sales, against 4.4% across Texas.

Withheld groups: 71.1%Withheld groups71.1%Cotton: 17.1%Cotton17.1%Hay and other crops: 3.2%3.2%Nursery and greenhouse: 3.2%3.2%Grains and oilseeds: 3.1%3.1%Horses and mules: 0.9%0.9%Fruit and nuts: 0.9%0.9%Sheep and goats: 0.2%Other animals: 0.1%Withheld groups: 71.1%Withheld groups71.1%Cotton: 17.1%Cotton17.1%Hay and other crops: 3.2%3.2%Nursery and greenhouse: 3.2%3.2%Grains and oilseeds: 3.1%3.1%Horses and mules: 0.9%Fruit and nuts: 0.9%Sheep and goats: 0.2%Other animals: 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: vegetables and melons, cattle and calves, hogs and pigs and poultry and eggs.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Cotton and cottonseed$27.5 million16th of 116
Hay and other crops$5.2 million57th of 213
Nursery, greenhouse and floriculture crops$5.1 million40th of 100
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$5.0 million85th of 173
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$1.5 million40th of 207
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$1.4 million24th of 138
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$389,00080th of 201
Other animals and animal products$218,00087th of 161

What the fields held

Lubbock County harvested 70,338 acres of cropland in 2022, 50th of 220 counties in Texas. Cotton covered acreage equal to 67% of that, hay and haylage 14%.

CropAcresShare of US
Cotton46,9950.61%
Hay and haylage10,133under 0.1%
Wheat4,045under 0.1%
Corn for grain4,010under 0.1%
Grain sorghum3,5350.08%
Peanuts8100.06%
Orchard land809under 0.1%
of which grapes272under 0.1%
of which apples6under 0.1%
of which pecans5260.09%
Vegetables136under 0.1%
Berries6under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: corn for silage.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms81.3%

Lubbock County ranks 109th of 250 counties in Texas on this measure.

  • 361,218 acres of cropland, 78% of farmland
  • 96,962 acres of pastureland, 21% of farmland
  • 439 acres of woodland, 0% of farmland
  • 62,819 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

The typical farm in Lubbock County is smaller than the national median of 72 acres, at 51 acres. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 362 acres, 142nd-largest of 242 in Texas. The most common size class is 10–49 acres, with 29.4% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 8.5% of the total.

1–919%10–4929%50–17923%180–49915%500–9996%1,000–1,9994%2,000+5%
Lubbock County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Horses and ponies2,4590.10%
Goats1,6190.06%
Cattle and calves38,032under 0.1%
Sheep and lambs810under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs2,005under 0.1%
Turkeys73under 0.1%
Broilers sold in 20224,099under 0.1%

Withheld: beef cows, milk cows and laying hens.

Who farms here

Decisions on Lubbock County's 1,286 farms are made by 2,210 producers. Their average age is 58.1, 1.8 years below the Texas average. Women are 37.1% of them.

Under 356%35–4415%45–5419%55–6422%65–7426%75+13%
Lubbock County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms1,033+24.5%
Land in farms, acres530,620−12.2%
Average farm size, acres514−29.6%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$219 million−27.0%
Cotton, acres264,305−82.2%
Horses and ponies, head1,601+53.6%
Grain sorghum, acres23,354−84.9%
Goats, head1,498+8.1%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Lubbock County accounts for 0.5% of farm sales in Texas and 0.6% of the farms in Texas. Rank Texas counties for cotton.

Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.