El Paso Metro Area Population 1950-2023

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the El Paso metro area from 1950 to 2023. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of El Paso in 2023 is 985,000, a 1.13% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of El Paso in 2022 was 974,000, a 1.14% increase from 2021.
  • The metro area population of El Paso in 2021 was 963,000, a 1.26% increase from 2020.
  • The metro area population of El Paso in 2020 was 951,000, a 1.28% increase from 2019.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

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Other Cities in United States
City Name Population
New York City 18,937,000
Los Angeles 12,534,000
Chicago 8,937,000
Houston 6,707,000
Dallas-Fort Worth 6,574,000
Miami 6,265,000
Atlanta 6,106,000
Philadelphia 5,785,000
Washington DC 5,490,000
Phoenix 4,717,000
Boston 4,344,000
Detroit 3,521,000
Seattle 3,519,000
San Francisco 3,328,000
San Diego 3,319,000
Minneapolis 2,990,000
Tampa 2,977,000
Denver 2,931,000
Las Vegas 2,899,000
Riverside-San Bernardino 2,595,000
San Antonio 2,454,000
Baltimore 2,355,000
Charlotte 2,267,000
St. Louis 2,230,000
Austin 2,228,000
Portland 2,220,000
Sacramento 2,215,000
Orlando 2,071,000
Indianapolis 1,881,000
San Jose 1,821,000
Cincinnati 1,775,000
Cleveland 1,764,000
Kansas City 1,725,000
Columbus 1,708,000
Pittsburgh 1,702,000
Raleigh 1,591,000
Virginia Beach 1,488,000
Milwaukee 1,455,000
Jacksonville 1,330,000
Nashville 1,315,000
Providence 1,205,000
Salt Lake City 1,203,000
Memphis 1,170,000
Richmond 1,140,000
Louisville 1,116,000
McAllen 1,081,000
Oklahoma City 1,018,000
Hartford 1,016,000
Tucson 1,014,000
New Orleans 1,013,000
El Paso 985,000
Temecula-Murrieta 965,000
Bridgeport-Stamford 961,000
Albuquerque 955,000
Cape Coral 935,000
Honolulu 912,000
Buffalo 884,000
Birmingham 863,000
Omaha 860,000
Provo-Orem 840,000
Fresno 795,000
Tulsa 791,000
Allentown 785,000
Knoxville 784,000
Baton Rouge 767,000
Sarasota-Bradenton 757,000
Columbia, South Carolina 755,000
Ogden-Layton 750,000
Rochester 749,000
Dayton 746,000
Charleston-North Charleston 745,000
Bakersfield 730,000
Concord 698,000
Colorado Springs 693,000
Springfield 680,000
The Woodlands 675,000
Mission Viejo 648,000
Albany 638,000
Grand Rapids 606,000
New Haven 600,000
Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley 593,000
Kissimmee 585,000
Akron 566,000
Des Moines 566,000
Harrisburg 565,000
Worcester 562,000
Fayetteville-Springdale 560,000
Greenville 559,000
Port St. Lucie 556,000
Wichita 539,000
Winston-Salem 537,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne 534,000
Little Rock 533,000
Reno 531,000
Lancaster-Palmdale 528,000
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh 527,000
Lancaster 519,000
Toledo 511,000
Madison 507,000
Daytona Beach-Port Orange 506,000
Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs 496,000
Boise City 470,000
Bonita Springs-Naples 464,000
Denton-Lewisville 463,000
Spokane 461,000
Augusta-Richmond County 456,000
Concord 454,000
Visalia 452,000
Stockton 451,000
Jackson, Mississippi 436,000
Durham 434,000
Chattanooga 430,000
Santa Clarita 425,000
Syracuse 422,000
Modesto 422,000
Myrtle Beach 421,000
Huntsville 407,000
Oxnard 404,000
Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake 389,000
Lafayette 383,000
Scranton 375,000
Montgomery 374,000
Greensboro 372,000
Asheville 371,000
Antioch 370,000
Springfield, Missouri 364,000
Lakeland 364,000
Pensacola 359,000
Fayetteville 355,000
Fort Collins 354,000
Corpus Christi 353,000
Youngstown 352,000
Fort Wayne 346,000
Flint 344,000
Lexington-Fayette 344,000
Savannah 339,000
Trenton 336,000
Santa Rosa 336,000
Mobile 335,000
Laredo 334,000
Ann Arbor 333,000
Rockford 330,000
Lansing 329,000
Shreveport 327,000
El Paso - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2023 985,000 1.13%
2022 974,000 1.14%
2021 963,000 1.26%
2020 951,000 1.28%
2019 939,000 1.29%
2018 927,000 1.76%
2017 911,000 1.79%
2016 895,000 1.70%
2015 880,000 1.73%
2014 865,000 1.76%
2013 850,000 1.80%
2012 835,000 1.71%
2011 821,000 1.73%
2010 807,000 1.77%
2009 793,000 1.80%
2008 779,000 1.70%
2007 766,000 1.86%
2006 752,000 1.76%
2005 739,000 1.65%
2004 727,000 1.82%
2003 714,000 1.71%
2002 702,000 1.74%
2001 690,000 1.77%
2000 678,000 1.80%
1999 666,000 1.68%
1998 655,000 1.71%
1997 644,000 1.58%
1996 634,000 1.77%
1995 623,000 1.63%
1994 613,000 1.66%
1993 603,000 1.69%
1992 593,000 1.72%
1991 583,000 1.75%
1990 573,000 2.14%
1989 561,000 2.19%
1988 549,000 2.43%
1987 536,000 2.29%
1986 524,000 2.34%
1985 512,000 2.20%
1984 501,000 2.45%
1983 489,000 2.30%
1982 478,000 2.36%
1981 467,000 2.19%
1980 457,000 2.93%
1979 444,000 3.02%
1978 431,000 2.86%
1977 419,000 3.20%
1976 406,000 3.05%
1975 394,000 2.87%
1974 383,000 2.96%
1973 372,000 3.05%
1972 361,000 3.14%
1971 350,000 2.94%
1970 340,000 2.10%
1969 333,000 2.15%
1968 326,000 1.88%
1967 320,000 2.24%
1966 313,000 1.95%
1965 307,000 1.99%
1964 301,000 2.03%
1963 295,000 1.72%
1962 290,000 2.11%
1961 284,000 2.16%
1960 278,000 5.70%
1959 263,000 7.35%
1958 245,000 7.46%
1957 228,000 7.04%
1956 213,000 7.58%
1955 198,000 7.03%
1954 185,000 7.56%
1953 172,000 7.50%
1952 160,000 6.67%
1951 150,000 7.91%
1950 139,000 0.00%