2022 population: 1,097,687 ( 81,933 from 2010 , 7,071 from 2020)
Land area: 13204.0 square miles
Population density: 83.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	156,311	14.24%	7.7%
Black:	33,385	3.04%	42.0%
Indian:	4,245	0.39%	11.3%
Asian:	14,624	1.33%	38.6%
2+ races:	10,133	0.92%	38.1%
Hispanic:	878,989	80.08%	9.8%

Total non-White:	941,376	85.76%	11.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	30,166	13.8
Deaths:	22,935	10.5
Net Migration:	-4,097	-1.9
Net Immigration:	3,216	1.5

Change in White population:	-13,059	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	94,992	9.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,015,754
169,370	16.67%
23,512	2.31%
3,814	0.38%
10,548	1.04%
7,335	0.72%
800,243	78.78%
846,384	83.33%

2000
860,623
173,726	20.19%
20,958	2.44%
3,380	0.39%
7,917	0.92%
6,558	0.76%
646,977	75.18%
686,897	79.81%

1990
733,442
208,823	28.47%
22,226	3.03%
2,523	0.34%
8,001	1.09%
n/a
491,869	67.06%
524,619	71.53%

1980
582,282
204,347	35.09%
19,065	3.27%
1,299	0.22%
5,121	0.88%
n/a
351,057	60.29%
377,935	64.91%

1970
434,885
183,011	42.08%
5,458	1.26%
357	0.08%
812	0.19%
n/a
242,952	55.87%
251,874	57.92%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
164,168	19.1
51,406	6.0
-44,170	-5.1
38,781	4.5

-4,356	-0.5
159,487	18.5

Number	Rate
1990's
183,387	25.0
45,878	6.3
-73,072	-10.0
81,238	11.1

-35,097	-4.8
162,278	22.1

Number	Rate
1980's
141,407	24.3
34,838	6.0
47,744	8.2
n/a

4,476	0.8
146,684	25.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
58,465	13.4
n/a

21,336	4.9
126,061	29.0

Age, Family & Household Data for El Paso, TX-NM Market 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
32.9
282,549	25.7%
815,138	74.3%
144,490	13.2%

376,068
2.84

263,394	70.0%
172,543	65.5%
35,133	13.3%
112,674	30.0%

2010
Number	Percent
31.6
298,385	29.4%
717,369	70.6%
108,930	10.7%

334,171
2.98

249,985	74.8%
166,715	66.7%
36,067	14.4%
84,186	25.2%

2000
Number	Percent
30.4
270,777	31.5%
589,846	68.5%
85,691	10.0%

271,673
3.10

211,921	78.0%
154,497	72.9%
27,376	12.9%
59,752	22.0%

1990
Number	Percent
28.2
235,291	32.1%
498,151	67.9%
60,643	8.3%

225,637
3.18

179,204	79.4%
137,755	76.9%
20,531	11.5%
46,433	20.6%

1980
Number	Percent
25.0
202,409	34.8%
379,873	65.2%
39,032	6.7%

173,511
3.26

140,027	80.7%
114,227	81.6%
14,077	10.1%
33,484	19.3%

2022 Housing Data for El Paso, TX-NM Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	28,540	7.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	22,626	6.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	18,508	4.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	20,499	5.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	18,766	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	18,901	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	15,806	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	16,117	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	15,680	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	29,414	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	40,936	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	42,267	11.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	30,217	8.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	20,846	5.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	20,226	5.4%
$200,000 or more	16,719	4.4%

Median Household Income	54,424
Per Capita Income	26,187

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	24,200	6.4%
Public Assistance	14,137	3.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	84,270	22.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	78,721	56.9%
Unemployed	5,900	4.3%
In Armed Forces	14,712	10.6%

Total Labor Force	99,333	71.8%
Not in Labor Force	38,973	28.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	167,404	130,176	56.3%
Non-Profit	10,308	15,318	40.2%
Self-Employed	26,784	14,230	65.3%

Local Government	17,566	25,826	40.5%
State Government	10,052	14,818	40.4%
Federal Government	18,463	10,202	64.4%

Total Private + Self	194,188	144,406	57.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	56,389	66,164	46.0%
Total	250,577	210,570	54.3%

Pct. Govt.	21.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	55,919	12.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	104,658	22.6%
Professional, Technical	98,331	21.3%
Service Occupations	96,628	20.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,131	0.5%
All others	106,768	23.1%

White Collar		56.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	66,016	6834.0%
Educational services	56,972	5897.7%
Retail trade	53,510	5539.3%
Accommodation and food services	36,895	3819.4%
Construction	34,901	3612.9%
Public administration	31,554	3266.5%
Manufacturing	29,164	3019.0%
Transportation and warehousing	27,612	2858.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	25,812	2672.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	22,246	2302.9%
Other services	20,216	2092.8%
Finance and insurance	14,584	1509.7%
Wholesale trade	10,596	1096.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,906	714.9%
Information	6,611	684.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,363	658.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	4,031	417.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	3,943	408.2%
Utilities	3,810	394.4%
Management	562	58.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	812,459	74.59%
Puerto Rican	9,698	0.89%
Cuban	1,615	0.15%
Dominican	1,036	0.10%

Total Central American	6,234	0.57%
Costa Rican	901	0.08%
Guatemalan	1,583	0.15%
Honduran	1,244	0.11%
Nicaraguan	169	0.02%
Panamanian	987	0.09%
Salvadoran	1,350	0.12%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,611	0.24%
Argentinean	200	0.02%
Bolivian	127	0.01%
Chilean	351	0.03%
Colombian	1,146	0.11%
Ecuadorian	254	0.02%
Paraguayan	12	0.00%
Peruvian	329	0.03%
Uruguayan	18	0.00%
Venezuelan	174	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	38,902	3.57%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	3,027	0.28%
Indian	2,346	0.22%
Chinese	2,086	0.19%
Korean	1,860	0.17%
Vietnamese	1,229	0.11%
Japanese	820	0.08%
Bangladeshi	283	0.03%
Burmese	223	0.02%
Thai	191	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
Spanish	638,162	62.8%
English	357,200	35.2%
German, other Germanic	2,814	0.3%
Other Asian	2,577	0.3%
Other Indo-European	2,455	0.2%
Other	2,445	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,329	0.2%
Tagalog	1,814	0.2%
Korean	1,575	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	44,416	4.1%
Irish	29,681	2.7%
English	28,948	2.7%
American	24,290	2.2%
Italian	13,069	1.2%
French	7,720	0.7%
European	5,876	0.5%
Polish	5,643	0.5%
Scottish	5,048	0.5%
African	3,101	0.3%
Dutch	2,894	0.3%
Scotch-Irish	2,645	0.2%
Swedish	2,497	0.2%
Norwegian	2,335	0.2%
Welsh	1,894	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	975,780	89.6%
Not a citizen	113,432	10.4%

Native	851,037	78.1%
Foreign-born	238,175	21.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
77,313	11.5%	55,735	8.3%	161,603	24.0%	203,660	30.2%	113,809	16.9%	61,327	9.1%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	77,313	11.5%
9-12 Years	55,735	8.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	161,603	24.0%
Some College	203,660	30.2%
Bach. Degree	113,809	16.9%
Grad Degree	61,327	9.1%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	322,576	287,120	35,456	11.0%
1991	325,874	288,966	36,908	11.3%
1992	336,724	299,621	37,103	11.0%
1993	343,404	308,122	35,282	10.3%
1994	350,228	314,263	35,965	10.3%
1995	353,975	317,631	36,344	10.3%
1996	360,060	319,074	40,986	11.4%
1997	362,217	323,503	38,714	10.7%
1998	362,474	325,757	36,717	10.1%
1999	362,996	329,432	33,564	9.2%

2000	354,676	330,981	23,695	6.7%
2001	354,924	330,095	24,829	7.0%
2002	364,800	336,670	28,130	7.7%
2003	372,467	341,584	30,883	8.3%
2004	373,170	346,089	27,081	7.3%
2005	378,290	352,517	25,773	6.8%
2006	378,908	355,020	23,888	6.3%
2007	380,396	359,631	20,765	5.5%
2008	389,282	366,781	22,501	5.8%
2009	401,020	367,564	33,456	8.3%

2010	436,834	398,171	38,663	8.9%
2011	442,195	401,258	40,937	9.3%
2012	442,860	406,497	36,363	8.2%
2013	443,212	408,400	34,812	7.9%
2014	440,853	411,528	29,325	6.7%
2015	439,079	414,108	24,971	5.7%
2016	448,847	424,400	24,447	5.4%
2017	453,286	430,191	23,095	5.1%
2018	458,204	437,354	20,850	4.6%
2019	463,928	444,185	19,743	4.3%

2020	464,243	425,852	38,391	8.3%
2021	468,307	438,722	29,585	6.3%
2022	473,160	452,918	20,242	4.3%
2023	484,243	463,121	21,122	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	410,044
Median Value	$160,613

Occupied	376,068	91.7%
Vacant	33,976	8.3%

Owned	237,936	63.3%
Rented	138,132	36.7%
Median Rent	$950

Single-Family Units	284,630	69.4%
Detached	268,353	65.4%
Attached	16,277	4.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	59,498	14.5%
Mobile Homes	36,733	9.0%

El Paso, TX-NM Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for El Paso, TX-NM Market Area

2022 Housing Data for El Paso, TX-NM Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for El Paso, TX-NM Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for El Paso, TX-NM Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for El Paso, TX-NM Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for El Paso, TX-NM Market Area