Industry in Lubbock, TX

Lubbock's area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is heavily dependant on irrigation water that is drawn from the Ogallala Aquifer. There has been a lot of progress being made in the area of water conservation and new technologies like the Low Energy Precision Application irrigation were originally developed in Lubbock.

The top ten largest employers in terms of the number of employees are: Texas Tech University, Covenant Health Systems, Lubbock Independent School District, University Medical Center, United Supermarkets, City of Lubbock, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Cingular, Convergys, and Lubbock County.

Lubbock has one shopping mall, South Plains Mall, which includes 2 Dillard's, Mervyn's, JC Penney, Sears, and Beall's.

Thursday, November 20, 2008