Framed by Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock, and Parmer Counties; this community is the proud father of several cities including Olton, Spade, and Sudan. Educational services, health care, agriculture, retail trade, and manufacturing industries support the economy of Lamb County, where 71% of the salaries come from private companies, 18% of the wages come from government sources, and the remaining percentage is generated by self employed and not incorporated workers. The median household income for this county was $37000 and the per capita income has been calculated in $30170, where more than 15% of the families residing in this land deal with extreme poverty.