Census Reporter

El Paso, TX Metro Area

843,725 Population
5,583.8 square miles 151.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$21,915 ±$704 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $32,267 ±$223
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$48,823 ±$2,249 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $64,034 ±$500
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

18.7% ±1.5% (154,535  ±12,722) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.6% 3,865,010 (±0.3% / ±70,183)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

23.8 minutes ±1.1 (8,553,920  ±435,269) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.2 351,917,720 (±0.2 / ±2,453,143)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

270,137 ±3,599 Number of households
  • Texas: 9,985,126 ±25,440
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
3.1 ±0 (827,845  ±2,700) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,395,188 (±0)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

7.1% ±1.2% (14,692  ±2,535) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 5.5% 390,925 (±0.2% / ±12,308)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

302,722 ±991 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 11,283,892 ±954
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$125,100 ±$3,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $200,400 ±$1,201
  • about half the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

15.2% ±1.4% (125,896  ±11,689.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 15% 4,294,700 (±0.2% / ±64,565.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

79.6% ±2.3% (416,776  ±12,398.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 84.7% 15,890,162 (±0.4% / ±75,187)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
23.3% ±1.3% (121,720  ±6,611.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 30.8% 5,776,533 (±0.2% / ±42,322.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

22.3% ±1% (188,452  ±8,802) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,951,156 (±0.2% / ±53,285)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.1% ±0.6% (42,774  ±3,626) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,405,059 (±0.1% / ±15,978)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
42,774 Total veterans ±3,626 38,293 Male ±3,167 4,481 Female ±1,354

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