The Lubbock MSA and Levelland Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing only Hockley County, form the larger Lubbock–Levelland Combined Statistical Area.

[5] As of the census[11] of 2000, 242,628 people, 92,516 households, and 60,135 families resided in the county.

About 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

At the presidential level, Lubbock County votes predominantly Republican, having voted Democratic for president only once in the past 70 years, a trend which began with native son Dwight D. Eisenhower heading the ticket in 1952 and 1956, reversing a trend typical of the Solid South.

[12] The heavy Republican lean of the county is mostly due to Republican landslide victories in precincts located outside the city highway loop in the county.

The ordinance outlaws "the act of transporting another person along their roads for an abortion."