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El Paso County, Texas
| People
QuickFacts |
El Paso County |
Texas |
| Population, 2006 estimate
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736,310 |
23,507,783 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to
July 1, 2006 |
8.3% |
12.7% |
| Population, 2000 |
679,622 |
20,851,820 |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005
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9.7% |
8.2% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005
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31.4% |
27.7% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
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10.3% |
9.9% |
| Female persons, percent, 2005
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51.9% |
50.2% |
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| White persons, percent, 2005
(a) |
93.5% |
83.2% |
| Black persons, percent, 2005
(a) |
3.3% |
11.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2005 (a) |
1.1% |
0.7% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2005
(a) |
1.1% |
3.3% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, 2005
(a) |
0.2% |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent,
2005 |
0.8% |
1.1% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin,
percent, 2005 (b) |
81.2% |
35.1% |
| White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
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14.6% |
49.2% |
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| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5
yrs old & over |
55.2% |
49.6% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
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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
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16.6% |
23.2% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
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122,545 |
3,605,542 |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers
age 16+, 2000
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22.7 |
25.4 |
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| Housing units, 2005 |
244,193 |
9,026,011 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
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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 |
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| Households, 2000 |
210,022 |
7,393,354 |
| Persons per household, 2000
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3.18 |
2.74 |
| Median household income, 2004
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$32,046 |
$41,645 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
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$13,421 |
$19,617 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 2004
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24.6% |
16.2% |
| Business
QuickFacts |
El Paso County |
Texas |
| Private nonfarm establishments, 2005
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12,696 |
497,7582 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2005
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197,414 |
8,305,1022 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change
2000-2005 |
-1.2% |
3.5%2 |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2004
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43,845 |
1,581,7341 |
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| Total number of firms, 2002
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46,417 |
1,734,509 |
| Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
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1.5% |
5.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms,
percent, 2002 |
S |
0.9% |
| Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
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2.0% |
4.5% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F |
0.1% |
| Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002
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61.9% |
18.4% |
| Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
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28.4% |
27.0% |
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| Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)
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8,216,226 |
310,815,965 |
| Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)
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4,642,611 |
397,405,111 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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5,807,166 |
228,694,755 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$8,373 |
$10,528 |
| Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002
($1000) |
772,229 |
29,914,774 |
| Building permits, 2006
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4,140 |
216,642 |
| Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
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4,446,264 |
141,858,4802 |
| Geography
QuickFacts |
El Paso County |
Texas |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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1,013.11 |
261,797.12 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
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670.9 |
79.6 |
| FIPS Code |
141 |
48 |
| Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
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El Paso, TX Metro
Area |
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1: The 2004 Nonemployer totals may be low due to late tax reporting in
hurricane-impacted counties/regions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Texas.
2: Includes data not distributed by county.(a) Includes persons reporting
only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race
categories.
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
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