El Paso County, Texas
The El Paso US Courthouse in El Paso, listed in the NRHP with the number 01000434 |
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US state : | Texas |
Administrative headquarters : | El Paso |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
El Paso County Courthouse 500 E. San Antonio Avenue El Paso, TX 79901-2421 |
Foundation : | 1848 |
Made up from: | Santa Fe County |
Area code : | 001 915 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 800,647 (2010) |
Population density : | 305.1 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 2628 km² |
Water surface : | 4 km² |
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Website : www.co.el-paso.tx.us |
The El Paso County is a county in the US state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in El Paso .
geography
The county is located on the westernmost point of Texas and borders in the north to New Mexico and the southwest of Mexico . The border with Mexico forms from El Paso the Rio Grande , which rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows through New Mexico. It has an area of 2628 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. It is bordered to the east by Hudspeth County and to the north (New Mexico) by Doña Ana County and Otero County .
history
El Paso County was formed on January 3, 1850 from parts of Santa Fe County . The administrative organization was completed in March 1871. It was named after the passage of the Rio Grande through the surrounding mountains, ie El Paso del Norte (German: "North Pass") or El Paso del Rio del Norte (German: "North River Pass").
54 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 18, 2019).
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1860 | 4051 | - | |
1870 | 3671 | -9.4% | |
1880 | 3845 | 4.7% | |
1890 | 15,678 | 307.8% | |
1900 | 24,886 | 58.7% | |
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 | 800,647 | 17.8% | |
1860-2010 |
As of the 2000 census , El Paso County had 679,622 people; 210,022 households and 166,127 families were counted. The population density was 259 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 73.95 percent white, 3.06 percent African American, 0.82 percent Native American, 0.98 percent Asian, 0.10 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 17.91 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.19 percent were descended from two or more races. 78.23 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 210,022 households, 44.9 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.7 percent were married couples living together, 18.0 percent were single mothers and 20.9 percent were non-families. 17.8 percent were single households and 6.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 3.63 people.
32.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.6 percent between 18 and 24, 29.3 percent between 25 and 44, 18.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 9.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males and for every 100 females aged 18 years or over there were 88.7 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,051 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,410. Males had a median income of $ 26,882 versus $ 20,722 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,421. 20.5 percent of families and 23.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in the county
- Adobe Colonia
- Aero Vista
- Agua Dulce
- Agua Dulce Colonia
- Alameda Estates Colonia
- Alamo Alto
- Aldama Estates Colonia
- alfalfa
- Algodon Colonia
- Aljo Estates Colonia
- Angie Colonia
- Anthony
- Bagge Estates Colonia
- Bauman Estates Colonia
- Bauman Estates Number 2 Colonia
- Bauman Estates Number 3 Colonia
- Bejar Estates Colonia
- Belen
- Belen Plaza Colonia
- Borderland
- Bovee Road Colonia
- Britton Davis
- Buena Vista
- Buford (El Paso County, Texas)
- Buford View Estates Colonia
- Butterfield
- Calcutta Colonia
- Canutillo
- Cielo Vista
- Clint
- Coronado Hills
- Cotton Valley Estates Colonia
- Country Green Addition Colonia
- Courchesne
- Cuadrilla
- Del Norte Acres
- Del Norte Heights
- Delip Colonia
- Dindinger Road Colonia
- El Campestre Colonia
- El Gran Valle Colonia
- El Gran Valle Number 2 Colonia
- El Paso
- Ellen Park Colonia
- Fabens
- Frank Colonia
- Friedman Estates Number 1 Colonia
- Friedman Estates Number 2 Colonia
- Green Acres Colonia
- Grijalva Gardens Colonia
- Gurdev Colonia
- Hacienda Heights (+ CDP)
- Haciendas del Valle Number 1 Colonia
- Haciendas del Valle Number 2 Colonia
- Hillcrest Manor Colonia
- Homestead Meadows
- Horizon City
- La Fuente Colonia
- La Guna
- La Jolla Colonia
- La Junta Addition Colonia
- La Tuna
- Lakeside
- Las Milpas addition Colonia
- Las Milpas Number 2 Colonia
- Las Palmas Colonia
- Las Palmas Number 2 Colonia
- Lewis Colonia
- Loma Terrace
- Lynn Park Replat Colonia
- Mary Lou Park Colonia
- McAdoo Acres Colonia
- Melton Place Addition Colonia
- Mesa Verde Colonia
- Mission Hills
- Monterosales Colonia
- Montoya
- Moon addition Colonia
- Moon Addition Number 2 Colonia
- Moon Addition Number 3 Colonia
- Moon Addition Number 4 Colonia
- Morning Glory
- Mountain View
- Newman
- North Loop Acres Colonia
- Nuway
- Planeport
- Poole Colonia
- Prado Verde
- Quail Mesa Colonia
- RW Jones Colonia
- Rancho Miraval Estates Colonia
- Rio Rancho Estates Colonia
- Rio Vista Addition Colonia
- Roseville Colonia
- San Agustin Colonia
- San Elizario
- San Jose
- San Ysidro Colonia
- Santa Martina Colonia
- Smeltertown
- Socorro
- Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
- Socorro Village Addition Colonia
- Sparks
- Sunhaven Farms Colonia
- Sunrise Acres
- Sunshine Colonia
- Tigua
- Tornillo
- Valle Real Colonia
- Villa Espana Colonia
- Vinedo Acres Colonia
- Vinton
- Warren Allen Road Colonia
- Westway
- Wilton Acres Colonia
- Wiseman Estates Colonia
- Ysleta
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
- ^ El Paso County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012
- ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 95 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 18, 2019.
- ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
- ^ El Paso County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Web links
- Official website (English).
- El Paso County in the Texas Handbook
- "El Paso County profiles" of "Texas Association of Counties" (Engl.)
Coordinates: 31 ° 46 ′ N , 106 ° 14 ′ W