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El Paso, TX--NM Urban Area

862,494 Population
256 square miles 3,368.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,423 ±$860 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,442 ±$2,422 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.8% ±1.7% (160,204  ±14,260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.6 minutes ±0.7 (8,918,885  ±346,133) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

300,949 ±3,668 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0.1 (850,648  ±9,218) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.2% ±1.2% (13,216  ±2,469) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

325,529 ±2,445 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$191,100 ±$5,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.8% ±1.1% (108,738  ±9,663.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

81.4% ±2.2% (446,857  ±12,558) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.9% ±1.3% (142,128  ±7,175) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

22.4% ±0.8% (193,303  ±7,287) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.2% ±0.6% (45,440  ±3,809) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
45,440 Total veterans ±3,809 39,972 Male ±3,673 5,468 Female ±1,403

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