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El Paso County, Texas

El Paso County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 32 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,148 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #119 of 254 counties. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), injury deaths (low) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on days with unhealthy air (high), median Air Quality Index (high) and high ozone days (high).

32Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,148 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #119 of 254 in TX
Population: 877,858 (2025)
Land area: 1,014 mi²
Density: 866.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 48141

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety56#1,373/3,096
Economy19#2,543/3,143
Housing6#2,951/3,140
Health73#865/3,144
Healthcare29#2,245/3,143
Environment33#2,072/3,108
Education49#1,606/3,144
Infrastructure70#937/3,144
Community11#2,786/3,144
Leisure & amenities37#1,992/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where El Paso County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low9 mi
98/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Injury deaths · low61 /100k
96/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high32.8%
95/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Natural hazard risk · low6.4
93/100Texas 39.62025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Depression · low19.9%
89/100Texas 21.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · low12.5%
88/100Texas 15.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Days with unhealthy air · high17.3%
0/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Median Air Quality Index · high70
0/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High ozone days · high11 days
1/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high23.7%
2/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Hot days · high121 days
2/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
High school diploma or higher · low81.1%
3/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
50% (2021) → 25% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−25 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Days with unhealthy airWorsening
5.2% (2020) → 17.3% (2025)
+12 pts5 years
High ozone daysWorsening
7 days (2017) → 11 days (2022)
+57%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.5% (2015-2019) → 89.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Voter turnoutWorsening
58.7% (2020) → 48.0% (2024)
−11 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
New business applicationsImproving
7.4 /1k (2020) → 10.9 /1k (2025)
+47%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, El Paso County, Texas improved on 9 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 15 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Unemployment−3.6 points8.0% → 4.4%
Real income+36%$40,267 → $54,838
High school++2.6 points78.5% → 81.1%
Broadband+11 points78.5% → 89.8%
New businesses+47%7.4 /1k → 10.9 /1k

Declined6

Transit use−0.6 points1.4% → 0.8%
Suicides+31%10.8 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Rent / income+2.1 points29.8% → 31.9%
Rent burden+4.1 points49.4% → 53.6%
Traffic deaths+18%8.7 /100k → 10.4 /100k

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of El Paso County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.0 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	63%
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	24.1 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	49%
Average weekly wage	$8272020	$9912025	+20%	Improved	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	48%
Broadband subscriptions	78.5%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	61%
Child poverty rate	26.2%2019	23.4%2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Distance to an airport	9 mi2020	9 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	13.6 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−8.1%	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	2.10%2015-2019	1.80%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	89%
Firearm deaths	8.3 /100k2020	10.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+24%	Within the margin of error	20%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−2.4%	Within the margin of error	44%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+2.2%	Within the margin of error	54%
High school diploma or higher	78.5%2015-2019	81.1%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	64%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	46%
Homicide rate	3.6 /100k2020	3.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	21%
Income adjusted for local prices	$40,2672019	$54,8382024	+36%	Improved	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4612015-2019	0.4672020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$48,6292019	$59,8832024	+23%	Improved	40%
New business applications	7.4 /1k2020	10.9 /1k2025	+47%	Improved	54%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−2.2%	Within the margin of error	58%
Poverty rate	18.8%2019	18.1%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Property crime rate	1,197 /100k2020	1,218 /100k2025	+1.8%	Within the margin of error	10%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	+7.1%	Within the margin of error	86%
Public transit commuters	1.4%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Declined	27%
Rent as share of income	29.8%2015-2019	31.9%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Declined	26%
Rent-burdened households	49.4%2015-2019	53.6%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Declined	30%
Restaurants and bars	8.0 /10k2020	8.4 /10k2025	+5.4%	Within the margin of error	65%
Students per teacher	15.3×2019	15.3×2024	−0.0×	Little change	26%
Suicide rate	10.8 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+31%	Declined	13%
Traffic deaths	8.7 /100k2015-2019	10.4 /100k2020-2024	+18%	Declined	34%
Unemployment rate	8.0%2020	4.4%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.3%2019	23.7%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Violent crime rate	316 /100k2020	282 /100k2025	−11%	Improved	44%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like El Paso County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of El Paso County, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, El Paso County, Texas itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

870,779 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−0.9 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

870,779 residents

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

White11%95,932
Black3.0%26,533
Hispanic or Latino83%720,158

Education

549,086 residents (±110)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma19%103,975
High school or GED25%138,035
Some college21%114,442

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

299,637 households (±1,051)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k21%63,868
$25k–50k21%63,283
$50k–75k18%54,675
$75k–100k13%38,825
$100k–150k14%42,892
$150k–200k6.3%18,985
$200k or more5.7%17,109

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−5.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

299,637 households (±1,051)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

Own64%192,456
Rent36%107,181

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.1 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

102,599 households (±2,165)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

Under $75022%22,210
$750–1,00021%21,629
$1,000–1,50038%39,133

Home values

192,456 homes (±2,286)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k36%68,965
$150k–250k38%73,490
$250k–400k19%36,344

Age of homes

323,571 homes (±169)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later19%61,799
2000–200915%48,882
1980–199927%87,145

Size of homes

323,571 homes (±169)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

Studio3.6%11,653
1 bedroom8.5%27,492
2 bedrooms19%60,368

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

386,774 workers (±3,618)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone75%289,947
Carpool12%46,221
Public transit0.8%2,977
Walk1.6%6,015
Bike0.2%†584
Work from home8.8%34,129
Other1.8%6,901

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−5.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

352,645 workers (±4,098)

El Paso County, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min23%79,885
15–29 min46%161,083
30–44 min22%79,203

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the El Paso, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

El Paso County has 16,280 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Texas's), with 254,282 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,760. The Census Bureau also counts 85,247 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 16,280; 85,247 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 254,282
Average annual pay: $42,760; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of El Paso County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,585	18.2	0.87×About typical	23,707	$49,102	3,276
Restaurants and other eating places	1,574	18	0.98×About typical	33,621	$19,368	827
Lessors of real estate	866	9.9	0.81×About typical	2,757	$50,054	5,254
Specialty trade contractors	785	9	0.58×Fewer than typical	7,904	$48,781	7,245
Truck transportation	710	8.1	1.61×More than typical	7,596	$56,578	5,618
Limited-service restaurants	703	8.1	1.00×About typical	15,864	$17,676	224
Full-service restaurants	662	7.6	0.99×About typical	14,891	$21,147	365
Offices of physicians	639	7.3	1.13×About typical	5,707	$85,636	597
Automotive repair and maintenance	430	4.9	0.98×About typical	2,502	$36,646	2,019
Building equipment contractors	406	4.6	0.77×Fewer than typical	4,155	$50,843	1,818
Construction of buildings	399	4.6	0.60×Fewer than typical	3,202	$57,825	4,564
Insurance agencies and brokerages	376	4.3	0.98×About typical	2,342	$50,567	1,361

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 873,242 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5.4B on contracts performed in El Paso County, Texas: $6,145 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5.4B; +330% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,145; US $1,994
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 30%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$3.7B68%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$1.3B24%
Department of the Army$238.8M4.4%
Defense Logistics Agency$91.5M1.7%
Forest Service$40.4M0.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$20M0.4%
Federal Acquisition Service$12.4M0.2%
Office of Procurement Operations$11.2M0.2%

Top recipients

AMI METALS, INC$2B37%
BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$1.6B29%
AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$657.6M12%
ACQUISITION LOGISTICS LLC$598.4M11%
MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC$39M0.7%

Spending by fiscal year

898.7MFY2017
1.2BFY2018
1.1BFY2019
1.3BFY2020
1.9BFY2021
2.7BFY2022
2BFY2023
2.2B

Top industries (NAICS)

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$2.6B49%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.6B30%
Investigation and security services · 5616$678.2M13%
Facilities support services · 5612$66.5M1.2%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$45M0.8%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617

Largest awards

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF SERVICES NECESSARY TO CARE FOR UC IN ORR CUSTODY INCLUDING FACILITIES SET-UP, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPPORT INTERNAL AND PERIMETER (IF APPLICABLE) SECURITY, DIRECT CARE AND SUPERVISION INC$3.5B
RAPID DEPLOYMENT INC· El Paso County, TX· Professional services· Mar 24, 2021 – Jul 1, 2026· 75ACF121C00020
BULK STEEL FOR SOUTHWEST BORDER BARRIER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS$2B
AMI METALS, INC· El Paso County, TX· Professional services· Feb 11, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 70B01C26C00000006
BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR EL PASO SECTOR - EPT-5$1.6B
BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED· El Paso County, TX· Construction & real property· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· 70B01C26F00000292

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $4.6B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for El Paso County, Texas: $5,231 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $4.6B; +1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,231; US $12,955
Loan face value: $415M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2B43%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.1B24%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$286.8M6.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$276M6.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$174.7M3.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$126.8M2.8%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$74.3M1.6%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$56.3M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO$118.9M2.6%
EL PASO, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$83.1M1.8%
AUSTIN, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS$57.8M1.3%
EL PASO, TX
CITY OF EL PASO$37.7M0.8%
EL PASO, TX
QUIKSTUDY LEARNING CENTERS, INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.7B59%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.3B28%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$142.6M3.1%
Federal Highway Administration$88.5M1.9%
Department of Transportation
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$80.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

4.1BFY2021
3.8BFY2022
4BFY2023
4.3BFY2024
4.5BFY2025
4.6BFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How El Paso County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

El Paso County, Texas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, El Paso County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	El Paso County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$1,075	$1,436
FY2018	$1,388	$1,552
FY2019	$1,296	$1,654
FY2020	$1,539	$1,880
FY2021	$2,204	$1,810
FY2022	$3,058	$1,917
FY2023	$2,274	$2,079
FY2024	$2,490	$2,047
FY2025	$1,430	$2,165
FY2026	$6,145 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, El Paso County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	El Paso County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$188	$93.28
FY2018	$421	$105
FY2019	$231	$128
FY2020	$707	$145
FY2021	$113	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, El Paso County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	El Paso County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$2,893	$5,748
FY2022	$3,396	$5,221
FY2023	$2,624	$5,364
FY2024	$2,997	$5,501
FY2025	$1,658	$5,732
FY2026	$6,382

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, El Paso County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	El Paso County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$315	$298
FY2022	$142	$357
FY2023	$110	$301
FY2024	$294	$319
FY2025	$151	$360
FY2026	$127

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, El Paso County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	El Paso County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$141	$239
FY2022	$123	$185
FY2023	$142	$229
FY2024	$141	$229
FY2025	$149	$249
FY2026	$136

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, El Paso County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	El Paso County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$83.04	$2,304
FY2022	$31.83	$2,197
FY2023	$47.52	$2,274
FY2024	$51.04	$2,267
FY2025	$55.78	$2,397
FY2026	$36.25

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, El Paso County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	El Paso County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$726	$1,186
FY2022	$426	$465
FY2023	$32.47	$76.52
FY2024	$47.97	$120
FY2025	$56.92	$148
FY2026	$52.27

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

El Paso County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, El Paso County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2020

$707 per resident in FY2020, against an earlier average of $280 (2.5× that).

Compared with 7 similar counties

El Paso County, Texas
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2019points

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48141

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

El Paso County, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Veronica EscobarD-TX-16 · 85% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area El Paso County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

El Paso, TX21Central county

Cities and towns in El Paso County

Places whose residents live mostly in El Paso County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/48141

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	−3.2%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+3.3%
2018	+5.1%	+6.8%
2019	+8.2%	+10.5%
2020	+16.3%	+19.4%
2021	+21.4%	+26.1%
2022	+27.1%	+30.6%
2023	+31.1%	+35.0%
2024	+35.9%	+41.0%
2025	+39.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	−4.0%	−5.5%
2015	−1.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.1%	+4.1%
2018	+7.6%	+8.9%
2019	+12.4%	+13.5%
2020	+21.9%	+20.8%
2021	+35.0%	+32.1%
2022	+36.3%	+35.4%
2023	+42.9%	+42.9%
2024	+50.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	3.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	−4.7%	−6.9%
2015	+2.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.9%	+4.7%
2018	+4.5%	+7.5%
2019	+15.7%	+14.0%
2020	+15.4%	+16.9%
2021	+21.2%	+21.0%
2022	+27.1%	+29.7%
2023	+39.5%	+34.9%
2024	+42.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	−5.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+18.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+35.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+54.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+63.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+68.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	6.5%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	4.8%	4.9%
2017	4.5%	4.4%
2018	4.1%	3.9%
2019	3.7%	3.7%
2020	8.0%	8.1%
2021	6.0%	5.4%
2022	4.2%	3.7%
2023	4.2%	3.6%
2024	4.2%	4.0%
2025	4.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	23.4%	15.5%
2015	20.3%	14.7%
2016	22.7%	14.0%
2017	21.0%	13.4%
2018	20.5%	13.1%
2019	18.8%	12.3%
2020	17.6%	11.9%
2021	20.1%	12.8%
2022	21.0%	12.6%
2023	18.5%	12.5%
2024	18.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2015	−0.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.7% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.8% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.0% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+29.6% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+43.8% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+50.2% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+54.0% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+57.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	25.0%	13.5%
2015	22.8%	10.9%
2016	21.2%	10.0%
2017	22.6%	10.2%
2018	23.8%	10.4%
2019	24.3%	10.8%
2020	23.0%	10.4%
2021	23.5%	10.2%
2022	23.5%	9.5%
2023	23.4%	9.5%
2024	23.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	El Paso County, Texas	United States
2014	5.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.9/1k	16.6/1k

Year	El Paso County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.5 points	−0.2 points	−1.2 points to +0.5 points
Year −2	0.0 points	−0.7 points	−2.2 points to +0.9 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−6.0 points	−6.2 points	−7.6 points to −3.6 points
Year +1	+0.8 points	+1.6 points	−0.2 points to +3.3 points
Year +2	+2.1 points	+3.6 points	+1.6 points to +6.5 points

Year	El Paso County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.26 per 1,000 people	−0.66 per 1,000 people	−1.74 per 1,000 people to +0.02 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.77 per 1,000 people	−0.24 per 1,000 people	−1.90 per 1,000 people to +1.50 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−0.70 per 1,000 people	+1.47 per 1,000 people	−0.42 per 1,000 people to +3.10 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−0.22 per 1,000 people	+2.48 per 1,000 people	+0.88 per 1,000 people to +4.08 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−0.82 per 1,000 people	+2.35 per 1,000 people	+0.78 per 1,000 people to +2.86 per 1,000 people

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined6

Counties like El Paso County, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 7 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in El Paso County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined6

House

Senate

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 7 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year