El Paso, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that El Paso had a population of 563,662 people^<1>. This represents 2.69% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
2	Dallas	E	567 mi [912 km]	1,279,910	7.68% increase
3	San Antonio	E	497 mi [799 km]	1,351,305	18.05% increase
4	Austin	E	523 mi [841 km]	757,688	15.4% increase
-5-	El Paso			613,190	8.79% increase
6	Fort Worth	E	534 mi [859 km]	703,073	31.49% increase
7	Arlington	E	546 mi [878 km]	374,417	12.45% increase
8	Corpus Christi	SE	617 mi [992 km]	286,462	3.25% increase

El Paso had 193,663 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that El Paso has a total area of 250.5 square miles [648 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (1.46 square miles [3.77 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, El Paso had a 2000 population density of 2,263 people per square mile [873 people/km²], making it the state's 103rd most densely populated area.

El Paso County

The city of El Paso is located in El Paso County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 681,026 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 563,662 people, El Paso contained 82.8% of the El Paso County total.

In addition, where the community of El Paso has a population density of 2,263 people per square mile [873 people/km²], El Paso County averages 672 people per square mile [259.5 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for El Paso County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in El Paso and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on El Paso. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for El Paso. Not only does the QuickFact have details about El Paso, it also contains a comparison between El Paso and the state of Texas.

Click here for the El Paso QuickFact (QF-4824000).

A Census Quickfact is available for El Paso County (QF-48141).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to El Paso:

El Paso is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for El Paso.

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) El Paso. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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