Census Reporter

El Paso, TX Metro Area

841,602 Population
5,583.8 square miles 150.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 34.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$22,439 ±$371 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $32,177 ±$121
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$48,193 ±$1,032 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $63,826 ±$218
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

19.5% ±0.7% (160,997  ±5,804) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.2% 3,984,260 (±0.1% / ±39,546)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

23.8 minutes ±0.4 (8,315,930  ±158,072) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 329,257,250 (±0.1 / ±1,084,687)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

274,789 ±1,483 Number of households
  • Texas: 9,906,070 ±18,881
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
3 ±0 (826,053  ±1,020) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,039,855 (±0)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

6.3% ±0.5% (13,045  ±1,030) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 396,357 (±0.1% / ±6,274)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

300,662 ±338 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 11,112,975 ±3,353
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$126,200 ±$2,040 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $187,200 ±$597
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.7% ±0.6% (121,855  ±4,867.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,311,981 (±0.1% / ±29,217.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

78.8% ±1.1% (407,715  ±5,651.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 84.4% 15,565,117 (±0.2% / ±37,477.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
23.9% ±0.6% (123,851  ±3,176.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 30.7% 5,662,178 (±0.1% / ±23,301.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

24% ±0.6% (201,840  ±4,655) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 16.8% 4,822,952 (±0.1% / ±26,828)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.8% ±0.4% (46,273  ±2,119) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,527 (±0.1% / ±11,744)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
46,273 Total veterans ±2,119 40,790 Male ±1,854 5,483 Female ±617

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