- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
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 1,088,420[1] as of the 2020 United States Census.
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[2] | |||
Note: All census-designated places are unincorporated.
