El Paso, Texas population is 683,012 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #24 nationally and #6 in Texas. Cost of living runs 10% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $74,961/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
683,012
-2,219 in the last year
Top 1% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 89.9
−10% vs US
El Paso, TX metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$74,961/yr
−6.4% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$59,745
−23% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$184,500
−39% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,191/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
96°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
46%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
Explore El Paso, TX demographics, including age, race and ethnicity, households, origins, language, and education.
How many people live in El Paso?
683,012 people live in El Paso as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #24 largest U.S. city.
How big is El Paso?
El Paso covers 258.8 square miles of land and 0.5 square miles of water. Its population density is about 2,639 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 0.6% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 678,932 → 2025: 683,012 (+0.6%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
678,932
April 1, 2020
2020
679,296
July 1, 2020
2021
678,522
July 1, 2021
2022
678,968
July 1, 2022
2023
682,050
July 1, 2023
2024
685,231
July 1, 2024
2025
683,012
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 4.8% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
El Paso is the #24 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #6 in Texas.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
678,932
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+4,080
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+0.6%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
-2,219
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
-0.3%
within V2025 only
Density
2,639
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
258.8
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#24
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#6
of 1,224 in Texas
What is the median household income in El Paso?
Median household income is 23% below the U.S. median ($59,745 vs $77,719); 18.4% live in poverty — 5.9 points above the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$59,745
US
El Paso: $59,745 — 23% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
El Paso
$59,745
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for El Paso from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
59,745-23.1% vs US
±1,347
Per capita income
29,956-30.8% vs US
±512
Population in poverty
18.4%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 39% below the U.S. median ($184,500 vs $303,400); median rent is 20% below ($1,073 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 3.1×, making it 1.3× as affordable as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Median home value$184,500
US
El Paso: $184,500 — 39% below the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,191/mo
US
El Paso: $1,191/mo — 11% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for El Paso. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
4.1%
El Paso (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
329,797
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
8.9%-36.5% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — El Paso sits in El Paso County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
El Paso County
18.1%
$59,883
4.2%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from El Paso's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
48,830
$900 / wk
#2
Retail trade (44-45)
38,688
$695 / wk
#3
Accommodation and food services (72)
38,053
$414 / wk
#4
Administrative and waste services (56)
24,727
$755 / wk
#5
Transportation and warehousing (48-49)
18,316
$1,099 / wk
What workers earn in the El Paso, TX metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest tracked occupation in the El Paso, TX metro (14,310 jobs, median $23,200/yr).
▸Show all 12 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
14,310
$23,200
$11.15
Fast Food and Counter Workers
13,520
$23,030
$11.07
Customer Service Representatives
10,680
$37,640
$18.10
Stockers and Order Fillers
7,640
$34,400
$16.54
Cashiers
6,670
$27,320
$13.14
Office Clerks, General
6,560
$34,380
$16.53
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
10,070
$27,330
$13.14
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
7,850
$77,770
$37.39
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
7,850
$49,270
$23.69
Registered Nurses · benchmark
7,320
$86,100
$41.39
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 10.1% below the U.S. average (RPP 89.9); rents run 28.8% below (RPP 71.2) — the metro's housing affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 89.9
US
El Paso's cost of living runs 10.1% below the U.S. average (RPP 89.9 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 89.9
−10.1% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · El Paso, TX metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,191/mo
FY2026 · El Paso, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$6,247/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$3,845/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Texas · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
22.4% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (63.7% of residents 5+).
A quick read on El Paso's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
Public school districts serving El Paso, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts, and one district often serves multiple cities. Sorted primary district first. See methodology §12 for the consolidated-city fallback and Milford CT special case.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in El Paso?
Hottest month: June (97°F avg high). Coldest: January (32°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 9.2 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for El Paso from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk score: 95.5/100 — Relatively High nationally; top hazard: Winter Weather (99.9).
Natural-hazard exposure for El Paso from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
El Paso County
95.5
Relatively High
Winter Weather 99.9 Very High · Lightning 99.9 Very High · Hail 99.6 Very High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in El Paso?
17 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 46% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for El Paso from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
17 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
12
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
46.0%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
46.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
290,678
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in El Paso?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 1,890 violent and 10,142 property offenses in the El Paso jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 278.4 per 100,000, below the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: El Paso — an FBI jurisdiction population of 678,860, versus the Census place population of 683,012. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
1,890
278.4
359.1
Property crime
10,142
1,494.0
1,760.1
▸Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
20
Rape
4
Robbery
252
Aggravated assault
1,614
Burglary
952
Larceny-theft
7,280
Motor vehicle theft
1,910
Arson (12-month reporters only)
69
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
313.0
1,379.0
678,232
2023
336.2
1,619.0
676,665
2024
278.4
1,494.0
678,860
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: El Paso · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
El Paso sits at state rank #6 among 1,224 cities in Texas. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Washington, DC · #23 · 693,645 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Las Vegas, NV · #25 · 679,817 residents.
Quick travel facts for El Paso
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
El Paso International Airport(ELP) · 4 mi 7 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Mar, Nov · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about El Paso.
How many people live in El Paso, TX?
El Paso has 683,012 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #24 largest city in the United States and #6 in Texas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is El Paso growing or shrinking?
El Paso has grown 0.6% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 4,080 residents. The most recent year ticked down slightly (−2,219 residents, −0.3% from 2024 to 2025). Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
El Paso covers 258.8 square miles of land, with a population density of about 2,639 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in El Paso?
$59,745, about 23% below the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4824000
Last build2026-08-31
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for El Paso is 4824000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
