El Paso metropolitan area

El Paso
El Paso
Metropolitan statistical area
	El Paso, Texas; metropolitan statistical area
	El Paso metropolitan area in red
State	Texas
Area
• Metropolitan statistical area	5,587 sq mi (14,470 km2)
Population (2020)
• Urban	854,584 (53rd)
• MSA	868,859 (67th)
• CSA	1,095,532 (56th)
GDP
• MSA	$43.283 billion (2022)

The El Paso metropolitan area, officially the El Paso metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – El Paso and (since 2013) Hudspeth – in far West Texas, anchored by the city of El Paso. As of the 2020 United States census, the MSA had a population of 868,859. The El Paso MSA forms part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area, with a total population of 1,108,758^[3] as of the 2024 United States Census estimate.

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County	Seat	2025 estimate	2020 Census	Change	Area	Density
El Paso	El Paso	877,858	865,657	+1.41%	1,015 sq mi (2,630 km²)	865/sq mi (334/km²)
Hudspeth	Sierra Blanca	3,433	3,202	+7.21%	4,572 sq mi (11,840 km²)	1/sq mi (0/km²)
Total		881,291	868,859	+1.43%	5,587 sq mi (14,470 km²)	158/sq mi (61/km²)

Census	Pop.	%±
1900	24,886	—
1910	52,599	111.4%
1920	101,877	93.7%
1930	131,597	29.2%
1940	131,067	−0.4%
1950	194,968	48.8%
1960	314,070	61.1%
1970	359,291	14.4%
1980	479,899	33.6%
1990	591,610	23.3%
2000	679,622	14.9%
2010	804,123	18.3%
2020	868,859	8.1%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

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El Paso
Metropolitan statistical area
El Paso, Texas metropolitan statistical area
El Paso metropolitan area in red
State	Texas
Area
• Metropolitan statistical area	5,587 sq mi (14,470 km²)
Population (2020)^[1]
• Urban	854,584 (53rd)
• MSA	868,859 (67th)
• CSA	1,095,532 (56th)
GDP ^[2]
• MSA	$43.283 billion (2022)