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Language Spoken At Home in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 735,487 | 100% |
English only | 194,337 | 26.4% |
Language other than English | 541,150 | 73.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 226,379 | 30.8% |
Spanish | 526,525 | 71.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 221,014 | 30.1% |
Other Indo-European languages | 7,447 | 1.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,217 | 0.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 5,730 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,788 | 0.4% |
Other languages | 1,448 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 360 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 801,115 | 100% |
American | 29,496 | 3.7% |
Arab | 3,064 | 0.4% |
Czech | 773 | 0.1% |
Danish | 766 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 1,899 | 0.2% |
English | 14,626 | 1.8% |
French (except Basque) | 5,019 | 0.6% |
French Canadian | 913 | 0.1% |
German | 28,241 | 3.5% |
Greek | 388 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 506 | 0.1% |
Irish | 19,906 | 2.5% |
Italian | 8,120 | 1.0% |
Lithuanian | 153 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 1,540 | 0.2% |
Polish | 3,573 | 0.4% |
Portuguese | 478 | 0.1% |
Russian | 1,162 | 0.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,455 | 0.3% |
Scottish | 3,175 | 0.4% |
Slovak | 224 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 1,384 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 1,633 | 0.2% |
Swiss | 403 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 250 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 1,051 | 0.1% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 874 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 252,426 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 192,617 | 76.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 100,652 | 39.9% |
Married-couple family | 128,121 | 50.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 65,068 | 25.8% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 13,513 | 5.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 5,556 | 2.2% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 50,983 | 20.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 30,028 | 11.9% |
Nonfamily households | 59,809 | 23.7% |
Householder living alone | 51,884 | 20.6% |
65 years and over | 18,536 | 7.3% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 116,277 | 46.1% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 59,947 | 23.7% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 4 | 0% |
Relationship in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 787,670 | 100% |
Householder | 252,426 | 32.0% |
Spouse | 128,009 | 16.3% |
Child | 298,813 | 37.9% |
Other relatives | 83,756 | 10.6% |
Nonrelatives | 24,666 | 3.1% |
Unmarried partner | 9,625 | 1.2% |
Marital Status in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 288,191 | 100% |
Never married | 100,569 | 34.9% |
Now married, except separated | 147,539 | 51.2% |
Separated | 7,996 | 2.8% |
Widowed | 7,054 | 2.4% |
Divorced | 25,033 | 8.7% |
Females 15 years and over | 315,058 | 100% |
Never married | 91,383 | 29.0% |
Now married, except separated | 144,793 | 46.0% |
Separated | 14,760 | 4.7% |
Widowed | 25,939 | 8.2% |
Divorced | 38,183 | 12.1% |
Fertility in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 12,603 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 4,708 | 37.4% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 45 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 61 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 56 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 100 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 25 | 0% |
Grandparents in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 34,145 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 13,916 | 40.8% |
Less than 1 year | 3,387 | 9.9% |
1 or 2 years | 3,595 | 10.5% |
3 or 4 years | 1,942 | 5.7% |
5 or more years | 4,992 | 14.6% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 13,916 | 100% |
Who are female | 8,349 | 60.0% |
Who are married | 10,989 | 79.0% |
School Enrollment in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 262,049 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 14,715 | 5.6% |
Kindergarten | 13,297 | 5.1% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 107,864 | 41.2% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 57,751 | 22.0% |
College or graduate school | 68,422 | 26.1% |
Educational Attainment in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 470,833 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 78,604 | 16.7% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 47,299 | 10.0% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 113,307 | 24.1% |
Some college, no degree | 104,815 | 22.3% |
Associate's degree | 31,347 | 6.7% |
Bachelor's degree | 64,234 | 13.6% |
Graduate or professional degree | 31,227 | 6.6% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 73.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 20.3% |
Veteran Status in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 546,122 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 48,149 | 8.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 778,070 | 100% |
With a disability | 94,167 | 12.1% |
Under 18 years | 239,375 | 100% |
With a disability | 8,584 | 3.6% |
18 to 64 years | 457,286 | 100% |
With a disability | 48,951 | 10.7% |
65 years and over | 81,409 | 100% |
With a disability | 36,632 | 45.0% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 789,895 | 100% |
Same house | 669,278 | 84.7% |
Different house in the U.S. | 109,304 | 13.8% |
Same county | 77,744 | 9.8% |
Different county | 31,560 | 4.0% |
Same state | 7,232 | 0.9% |
Different state | 24,328 | 3.1% |
Abroad | 11,313 | 1.4% |
Place Of Birth in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 801,115 | 100% |
Native | 592,221 | 73.9% |
Born in United States | 576,082 | 71.9% |
State of residence | 444,682 | 55.5% |
Different state | 131,400 | 16.4% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 16,139 | 2.0% |
Foreign born | 208,894 | 26.1% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 208,894 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 89,345 | 42.8% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 119,549 | 57.2% |
Year of Entry in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 225,033 | 100% |
Native | 16,139 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 634 | 3.9% |
Entered before 2010 | 15,505 | 96.1% |
Foreign born | 208,894 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 5,341 | 2.6% |
Entered before 2010 | 203,553 | 97.4% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in El Paso
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 208,894 | 100% |
Europe | 3,818 | 1.8% |
Asia | 7,274 | 3.5% |
Africa | 462 | 0.2% |
Oceania | 182 | 0.1% |
Latin America | 196,610 | 94.1% |
Northern America | 548 | 0.3% |