• County Population (2004 Census): 700,225 (City Pop. 578,622)
  
  
• July 1, 2003: County: 697,562 (up 2.6%); City: 577,415 (up 2.4%)
  
  
• 6th largest city in Texas (2004) and 21st largest city in U.S.
  
  
• Median Age: 30.5 years (up from 28.7 in 1990 national average 36.2)
  
  
• Average Household: 3.19 people
  
  
• Hispanic Population: 568,527 (81.2% of total population)
  
  
• Total households 226,172
  
  
• Hispanic Households 185,531
  
  
• Language: 30% of residents (18-64) speak little or almost no English;
  
  • 42.9% of residents are Spanish dominant (They speak little or no english at all)
  • 78.4% of residents (5 years & older) speak a language other than English)
  • 77.0% of the Hispanic residents speak Spanish at home
    
    
• Median Family Income: $31,980 (2004)
  
  
• Annual Gross Retail Sales: $7.6 billion (2005)
  
  
• Annual retail sales to people from Cd. Juarez and Chihuahua: $3.04 billion an average of $58.46 million per week (2005)

SOURCES: 1990, 2000 & 2004 updated US Census; 2004 U.S. American Fact Finder; US borderland Protection Service; City of El Paso's Department of Planning, Research and Development; Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce; El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; University of Texas at El Paso "Borderplex Long-Term Economic Trends to 2005"; Desarollo Economico de Cd. Juarez; INEGI; CANACO; CANACINTRA.