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El Paso, TX
681,723 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4824000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, El Paso ranked #118 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is El Paso and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Tucson AZ, Memphis TN, Fresno CA, New Orleans LA, Oklahoma City OK, Austin TX, Tulsa OK, San Antonio TX, Laredo TX, Corpus Christi TX, Baton Rouge LA, Dallas TX, Toledo OH · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #118 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #59 | #55 | #63 | #42 | #29 | #6 | #16 | #93 | #86 | #140 | #92 | #107 | #160 | #167 | #166 | #128 | #100 | #147 | #118 | #92 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 597,634 | 609,650 | 616,846 | 626,920 | 639,017 | 650,671 | 664,404 | 674,941 | 674,808 | 677,235 | 676,242 | 679,955 | 681,343 | 679,875 | 681,728 | 679,382 | 678,546 | 679,247 | 681,573 | 681,723 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #278 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -0.9 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -0.1 | — | +0.6 | -0.0 | -1.5 | -1.0 | -1.6 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #161 of 255 cities with data · 5th of 8 in its peer group with data · 2020 | 7.1 | 5.2 | — | 5.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #73 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 19.1% | 19.5% | 19.0% | 19.2% | 20.0% | 21.8% | 20.8% | 21.5% | 22.1% | 21.7% | 20.0% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 21.3% | 20.9% | — | 21.2% | 22.4% | 23.5% | 21.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #100 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 2.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #149 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data | 15.9 | 23.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41.4 | 42.6 | 67.0 | 65.9 | 60.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 259,397 | 267,172 | 276,088 | 282,542 | 283,865 | 297,177 | 275,648 | 272,050 | 279,379 | 288,866 | 270,451 | 287,090 | 297,565 | 289,474 | 289,691 | 280,606 | 284,010 | 299,519 | 304,829 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #182 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -1.4 | -0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 268,629 | 262,909 | 273,930 | 278,075 | 288,285 | 287,335 | 293,641 | 297,606 | 298,329 | — | 291,020 | 295,833 | 309,945 | 311,098 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #118 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.6% | 10.4% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 5.7% | — | 7.9% | 6.0% | 4.2% | 4.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #41 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 27% | 42% | 25% | 34% | 30% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 28% | 27% | 28% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 38% | 40% | 37% | 38% | 41% | 38% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #245 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $2,469 | $2,565 | $2,698 | $2,978 | $3,102 | $3,237 | $3,132 | $3,106 | $3,051 | $3,305 | $3,514 | $3,490 | $4,231 | $4,184 | $3,956 | $4,125 | $4,038 | $3,769 | $4,585 | $4,612 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for El Paso. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.