El Paso County Facts

Census Statistics

	El Paso County	Texas
Population, 2003 estimate	705,436	22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.8%	6.1%
Population, 2000	679,622	20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	14.9%	22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.7%	7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	32.0%	28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.7%	9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.8%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	73.9%	71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.1%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	17.9%	11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.2%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	78.2%	32.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	17.0%	52.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.2%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	27.4%	13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	73.3%	31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	65.8%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.6%	23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	122,545	3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.7	25.4?
Housing units, 2002	232,142	8,502,060
Homeownership rate, 2000	63.6%	63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	24.3%	24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$69,600	$82,500?
Households, 2000	210,022	7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000	3.18	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$31,051	$39,927
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,421	$19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	23.8%	15.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	12,214	473,868
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	199,453	8,161,321
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.2%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	32,163	1,271,401
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	7,966,475	297,657,003
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	4,698,945	182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,856	$9,430
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	56.6%	23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.4%	25.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	3,710	165,027
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	3,856,066	123,431,164
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,013	261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000	670.8	79.6
Metropolitan Area	El Paso, TX MSA	?
FIPS Code	141	48

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