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El Paso County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 10 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48141

Within Texas
El Paso County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks El Paso, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
877,858
+11,276 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,014
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
866
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
El Paso
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
El Paso city
Population 683,012.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of El Paso County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of El Paso County, Texas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 769 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where El Paso County ranks

Position among the 254 counties of Texas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn TexasNationally
Population877,85810th of 25470th of 3,144
Land area1,014 sq mi70th of 254663rd of 3,144
Population density866 per sq mi11th of 254180th of 3,144
Median household income$59,806169th of 2542,098th of 3,143

Full data for El Paso County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population877,858Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020866,582Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?865,715Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,014 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,015 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?866 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,806American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$180,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households299,637American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units323,571American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+4,204
10,669 births, 6,465 deaths
Net migration
-6,226
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 3 areas bordering El Paso County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Hudspeth CountyTexas46 mi3,433
Doña Ana CountyNew Mexico39 mi229,091
Otero CountyNew Mexico22 mi70,368

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 254 counties of Texas

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.