2024 population: 879,392 ( 10,480 from 2020)
Land area: 5583.7 square miles
Population density: 157.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	96,572	10.98%	5.3%
Black:	31,551	3.59%	12.9%
Indian:	2,645	0.30%	6.4%
Asian:	12,808	1.46%	9.3%
2+ races:	8,106	0.92%	8.2%
Hispanic:	727,710	82.75%	1.4%

Total non-White:	782,820	89.02%	2.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	46,857	13.5
Deaths:	30,885	8.9
Net Migration:	-17,716	-5.1
Net Immigration:	11,560	3.3

Change in White population:	-5,369	-0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	15,849	1.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
868,912
101,941	11.73%
27,958	3.22%
2,486	0.29%
11,716	1.35%
7,494	0.86%
717,317	82.55%
766,971	88.27%

2010
804,123
105,874	13.17%
20,679	2.57%
2,280	0.28%
8,369	1.04%
5,416	0.67%
660,902	82.19%
698,249	86.83%

2000
682,966
116,305	17.03%
18,678	2.73%
2,090	0.31%
6,592	0.97%
4,639	0.68%
534,163	78.21%
566,661	82.97%

1990
594,525
152,838	25.71%
20,264	3.41%
1,690	0.28%
6,606	1.11%
n/a
413,127	69.49%
441,687	74.29%

1980
482,627
159,787	33.11%
17,527	3.63%
768	0.16%
4,606	0.95%
n/a
298,785	61.91%
322,840	66.89%

1970
361,683
148,430	41.04%
4,755	1.31%
260	0.07%
681	0.19%
n/a
205,794	56.90%
213,253	58.96%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
121,572	15.1
47,518	5.9
-52,458	-6.5
18,153	2.3

-3,933	-0.5
68,722	8.5

Number	Rate
2000's
133,507	19.5
39,992	5.9
-50,819	-7.4
32,547	4.8

-10,431	-1.5
131,588	19.3

Number	Rate
1990's
152,275	25.6
36,552	6.1
-74,820	-12.6
70,315	11.8

-36,533	-6.1
124,974	21.0

Number	Rate
1980's
118,221	24.5
28,552	5.9
24,987	5.2
n/a

-6,949	-1.4
118,847	24.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
45,180	12.5
n/a

11,357	3.1
109,587	30.3

Age, Family & Household Data for El Paso, TX Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
32.8
229,769	26.1%
649,623	73.9%
108,675	12.4%

293,470
2.91

210,700	71.8%
137,852	65.4%
28,336	13.4%
82,770	28.2%

2010
Number	Percent
31.3
241,860	30.1%
562,263	69.9%
82,695	10.3%

257,731
3.06

197,492	76.6%
130,963	66.3%
28,883	14.6%
60,239	23.4%

2000
Number	Percent
30.3
217,993	31.9%
464,973	68.1%
66,641	9.8%

211,134
3.17

168,129	79.6%
122,211	72.7%
21,605	12.9%
43,005	20.4%

1990
Number	Percent
28.2
192,933	32.5%
401,592	67.5%
48,325	8.1%

179,483
3.25

144,836	80.7%
110,757	76.5%
16,901	11.7%
34,647	19.3%

1980
Number	Percent
25.0
169,969	35.2%
312,658	64.8%
31,827	6.6%

141,858
3.31

115,737	81.6%
93,978	81.2%
12,020	10.4%
26,121	18.4%

2022 Housing Data for El Paso, TX Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	21,805	7.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	17,283	5.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	14,044	4.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	14,592	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	14,278	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	14,709	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,223	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	13,459	4.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	12,405	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	23,406	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	32,087	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	33,719	11.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	24,455	8.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	15,936	5.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,635	5.3%
$200,000 or more	13,434	4.6%

Median Household Income	55,355
Per Capita Income	25,981

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	74

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	19,119	6.5%
Public Assistance	8,574	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	63,674	21.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	52,608	54.5%
Unemployed	3,923	4.1%
In Armed Forces	13,985	14.5%

Total Labor Force	70,516	73.1%
Not in Labor Force	25,973	26.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	135,870	104,261	56.6%
Non-Profit	8,369	11,991	41.1%
Self-Employed	20,844	11,415	64.6%

Local Government	14,327	21,781	39.7%
State Government	6,672	9,694	40.8%
Federal Government	14,850	8,388	63.9%

Total Private + Self	156,714	115,676	57.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	44,218	51,854	46.0%
Total	200,932	167,530	54.5%

Pct. Govt.	20.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	45,226	12.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	85,979	23.3%
Professional, Technical	75,355	20.4%
Service Occupations	76,075	20.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	619	0.2%
All others	86,651	23.5%

White Collar		55.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	51,728	14.0%
Educational services	44,631	12.1%
Retail trade	43,342	11.7%
Accommodation and food services	29,544	8.0%
Construction	27,206	7.4%
Manufacturing	25,026	6.8%
Public administration	24,432	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	23,821	6.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	21,986	6.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	16,925	4.6%
Other services	15,957	4.3%
Finance and insurance	11,726	3.2%
Wholesale trade	9,097	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,888	1.6%
Information	5,547	1.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,038	1.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3,168	0.9%
Utilities	2,686	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,063	0.3%
Management	475	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	677,323	78.11%
Puerto Rican	8,692	1.00%
Cuban	1,396	0.16%
Dominican	969	0.11%

Total Central American	5,267	0.61%
Costa Rican	901	0.10%
Guatemalan	1,377	0.16%
Honduran	1,056	0.12%
Nicaraguan	146	0.02%
Panamanian	776	0.09%
Salvadoran	1,011	0.12%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,335	0.27%
Argentinean	200	0.02%
Bolivian	127	0.01%
Chilean	351	0.04%
Colombian	959	0.11%
Ecuadorian	238	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	312	0.04%
Uruguayan	18	0.00%
Venezuelan	130	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	23,207	2.68%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	2,254	0.26%
Indian	1,962	0.23%
Chinese	1,700	0.20%
Korean	1,586	0.18%
Vietnamese	1,136	0.13%
Japanese	558	0.06%
Burmese	219	0.03%
Thai	163	0.02%
Taiwanese	161	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
Spanish	543,668	67.4%
English	247,725	30.7%
German, other Germanic	2,272	0.3%
Other Asian	2,243	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,977	0.2%
Other Indo-European	1,796	0.2%
Korean	1,396	0.2%
Other	1,334	0.2%
Tagalog	1,300	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	29,721	3.4%
Irish	19,407	2.2%
American	18,651	2.2%
English	16,339	1.9%
Italian	9,652	1.1%
French	5,216	0.6%
Polish	4,028	0.5%
European	4,003	0.5%
Scottish	2,821	0.3%
African	2,814	0.3%
Scotch-Irish	1,761	0.2%
Dutch	1,375	0.2%
Welsh	1,334	0.2%
Jamaican	1,329	0.2%
Norwegian	1,173	0.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	771,334	88.9%
Not a citizen	95,827	11.1%

Native	663,418	76.5%
Foreign-born	203,743	23.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
63,276	11.8%	44,631	8.3%	130,555	24.3%	164,860	30.7%	90,569	16.9%	43,524	8.1%
Average years of education: 12.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	63,276	11.8%
9-12 Years	44,631	8.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	130,555	24.3%
Some College	164,860	30.7%
Bach. Degree	90,569	16.9%
Grad Degree	43,524	8.1%
Average years of education: 12.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	521,720	460,604	61,116	11.7%
1991	528,818	465,144	63,674	12.0%
1992	548,354	484,356	63,998	11.7%
1993	560,210	499,828	60,382	10.8%
1994	572,410	511,830	60,580	10.6%
1995	576,564	515,674	60,890	10.6%
1996	584,620	515,872	68,748	11.8%
1997	587,824	522,356	65,468	11.1%
1998	585,454	524,016	61,438	10.5%
1999	581,720	526,090	55,630	9.6%

2000	554,438	516,656	37,782	6.8%
2001	553,692	513,546	40,146	7.3%
2002	569,004	522,686	46,318	8.1%
2003	579,626	528,580	51,046	8.8%
2004	580,238	536,330	43,908	7.6%
2005	585,324	543,572	41,752	7.1%
2006	585,466	545,722	39,744	6.8%
2007	585,922	551,326	34,596	5.9%
2008	599,338	562,438	36,900	6.2%
2009	620,272	565,768	54,504	8.8%

2010	685,808	622,458	63,350	9.2%
2011	696,608	628,378	68,230	9.8%
2012	696,006	636,858	59,148	8.5%
2013	695,822	640,352	55,470	8.0%
2014	690,772	645,802	44,970	6.5%
2015	686,128	650,328	35,800	5.2%
2016	702,954	668,102	34,852	5.0%
2017	711,564	678,426	33,138	4.7%
2018	720,150	689,562	30,588	4.2%
2019	728,592	700,776	27,816	3.8%

2020	731,880	671,394	60,486	8.3%
2021	737,352	691,932	45,420	6.2%
2022	744,950	713,262	31,688	4.3%
2023	761,688	728,304	33,384	4.4%
2024	830,328	795,698	34,630	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	318,808
Median Value	$153,255

Occupied	293,470	92.1%
Vacant	25,338	7.9%

Owned	184,946	63.0%
Rented	108,524	37.0%
Median Rent	$976

Single-Family Units	227,350	71.3%
Detached	214,256	67.2%
Attached	13,094	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	50,327	15.8%
Mobile Homes	18,720	5.9%

El Paso, TX Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for El Paso, TX Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for El Paso, TX Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for El Paso, TX Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for El Paso, TX Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for El Paso, TX Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for El Paso, TX Metro Area