El Paso, Texas
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| Nicknames: The Sun City, El Chuco | |
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| Coordinates: 31°45′33″N 106°29′19″W / 31.75917°N 106.48861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | El Paso |
| First settlement | 1680 |
| Settled as Franklin | 1849 |
| Renamed El Paso | 1852 |
| Town laid out | 1859 |
| Incorporated | 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Renard Johnson |
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| • City manager | Dionne Mack |
| Area | |
• City | 259.25 sq mi (671.46 km2) |
| • Land | 258.43 sq mi (669.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.82 sq mi (2.13 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,888 ft (1,185 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 678,815 |
| • Rank | 66th in North America 22nd in the United States 6th in Texas |
| • Density | 2,626.7/sq mi (1,014.17/km2) |
| • Urban | 854,584 (US: 53rd) |
| • Urban density | 3,340/sq mi (1,289.5/km2) |
| • Metro | 879,392 (US: 69th) |
| • CSA | 1,108,758 |
| Demonym | El Pasoan |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | $48.609 billion (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
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| Area code | 915 |
| FIPS code | 48-24000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410414 |
| Website | www |
El Paso (English: /ɛl ˈpæsoʊ/ ⓘ; Spanish: [el ˈpaso] ⓘ, lit. 'the route' or 'the pass') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., sixth-most populous city in Texas, and the most populous city in West Texas with a population of 678,815 at the 2020 census. The El Paso metropolitan area has an estimated 879,000 residents.
El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciudad Juárez, the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. On the U.S. side, the El Paso metropolitan area forms part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area with Las Cruces, New Mexico with a population of 1,108,758. These three cities form a combined international metropolitan area sometimes referred to as the Paso del Norte or the Borderplex, a region of 2.7 million people which constitutes the largest bilingual and binational workforce in the Western Hemisphere.
The city is home to three publicly traded companies, and is also home to the Medical Center of the Americas, the only medical research and care provider complex in West Texas, and the University of Texas at El Paso, the city's primary university. The city hosts the annual Sun Bowl college football postseason game, the second-oldest bowl game in the country. El Paso has a strong federal and military presence. William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Biggs Army Airfield, and Fort Bliss are located in the area. The Drug Enforcement Administration domestic field division 7, El Paso Intelligence Center, Joint Task Force North, United States Border Patrol El Paso Sector, and the U.S. Border Patrol Special Operations Group are also headquartered in El Paso.
El Paso is a five-time All-America City Award winner, winning in 1969, 2010, 2018, 2020, and 2021, and Congressional Quarterly ranked it in the top-three safest large cities in the United States between 1997 and 2014, including holding the title of the safest city between 2011 and 2014. El Paso is also the second-largest absolute-majority-Hispanic city in the United States (after San Antonio), with 81% of its residents being Hispanic, and the largest city in the US with an absolute Hispanic majority throughout all of its history.