Lufkin, Texas demographics

Lufkin, TX demographics: median age 34.6; 21.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Lufkin city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4845072. The survey estimates a population of 34,251 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Lufkin is 34.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.9 years. There are 12,912 households (±409). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	34.6 ±1.9	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,251
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	9,300 ±724	27.2% ±2.1 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	7,946 ±669	23.2% ±2.0 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	11,790 ±858	34.4% ±2.5 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	5,215 ±487	15.2% ±1.4 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,251
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	16,614 ±504	48.5% ±1.5 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	17,637 ±509	51.5% ±1.5 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,251
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	16,867 ±1,224	49.2% ±3.6 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	6,273 ±705	18.3% ±2.1 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	331 ±334 · low precision	1.0% ±1.0 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	603 ±228	1.8% ±0.7 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±31 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,847 ±594	5.4% ±1.7 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	8,330 ±1,161	24.3% ±3.4 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,251
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,665 ±755	66.2% ±2.2 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11,586 ±757	33.8% ±2.2 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,912
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,001 ±425	38.7% ±3.1 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	593 ±176	4.6% ±1.4 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,383 ±434	18.5% ±3.3 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,197 ±499	32.5% ±3.7 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	738 ±210	5.7% ±1.6 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,912
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	4,397 ±385	34.1% ±2.8 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	8,515 ±558	65.9% ±3.8 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,912
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,197 ±499	32.5% ±3.7 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,444 ±436	26.7% ±3.3 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,121 ±369	16.4% ±2.8 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,555 ±338	12.0% ±2.6 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	910 ±211	7.0% ±1.6 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	574 ±218	4.4% ±1.7 pp	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	111 ±89 · low precision	0.9% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,251
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	29,939 ±591	87.4% ±1.7 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	4,312 ±591	12.6% ±1.7 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 31,836
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	22,893 ±994	71.9% ±3.0 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	7,999 ±971	25.1% ±3.0 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	29 ±33 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	0 ±31 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	20 ±33 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	6 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	7 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	200 ±200 · low precision	0.6% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	92 ±85 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	162 ±116 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	10 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	114 ±146 · low precision	0.4% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	304 ±348 · low precision	1.0% ±1.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 21,275
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,332 ±507	15.7% ±2.4 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	6,844 ±750	32.2% ±3.4 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	4,472 ±531	21.0% ±2.4 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,988 ±405	9.3% ±1.9 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,796 ±410	13.1% ±1.9 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,843 ±380	8.7% ±1.8 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 33,979
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	26,583 ±1,079	78.2% ±3.2 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,581 ±825	10.5% ±2.4 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,958 ±843	8.7% ±2.5 pp	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	746 ±304	2.2% ±0.9 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	111 ±81 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

18.8% of Lufkin residents (±2.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 91.2% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lufkin	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	18.8% ±2.5 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.2% ±0.6 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.6% ±1.2 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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