Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: El Paso city GEOCODE:48-1340 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 425,259 100.0% 515,342 100.0% 90,083 21.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 391,171 92.0% 470,347 91.3% 79,176 20.2 -0.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 5,403 1.3% 6,140 1.2% 737 13.6 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 268 0.1% 161 0.0% -107 -39.9 -0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 306,510 72.1% 396,770 77.0% 90,260 29.4 4.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 13,641 3.2% 17,575 3.4% 3,934 28.8 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 3,995 0.9% 6,278 1.2% 2,283 57.1 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,563 0.4% 2,067 0.4% 504 32.2 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 265,997 62.5% 355,260 68.9% 89,263 33.6 6.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 38,923 9.2% 44,694 8.7% 5,771 14.8 -0.5 5-17.................. 109,863 25.8% 119,150 23.1% 9,287 8.5 -2.7 18-24.................. 59,294 13.9% 59,599 11.6% 305 0.5 -2.4 25-44.................. 113,562 26.7% 159,219 30.9% 45,657 40.2 4.2 45-64.................. 74,154 17.4% 87,906 17.1% 13,752 18.5 -0.4 65 AND OVER............ 29,463 6.9% 44,774 8.7% 15,311 52.0 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 148,786 35.0% 163,844 31.8% 15,058 10.1 -3.2 40 AND OVER............ 126,389 29.7% 166,207 32.3% 39,819 31.5 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.6 28.9 3.3 12.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,308 $23,460 -848 -3.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,894 $25,157 -1,737 -6.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,290 $9,603 313 3.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 89,250 21.2% 128,886 25.3% 39,636 44.4 4.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 128,393 100.0% 160,595 100.0% 32,202 25.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 103,676 80.7% 127,661 79.5% 23,985 23.1 -1.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 52,722 41.1% 68,350 42.6% 15,628 29.6 1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 83,372 64.9% 96,227 59.9% 12,855 15.4 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 51,188 39.9% 54,675 34.0% 3,487 6.8 -5.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 17,261 13.4% 25,986 16.2% 8,725 50.5 2.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 11,246 8.8% 15,556 9.7% 4,310 38.3 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 21,549 16.8% 28,464 17.7% 6,915 32.1 0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.3 3.2 -0.1 -3.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 217,179 100.0% 291,899 100.0% 74,720 34.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 62,811 28.9% 66,929 22.9% 4,118 6.6 -6.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 31,495 14.5% 47,299 16.2% 15,804 50.2 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 167,411 100.0% 217,883 100.0% 50,472 30.1 FEMALE................ 71,505 42.7% 99,066 45.5% 27,561 38.5 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 154,211 92.1% 195,521 89.7% 41,310 26.8 -2.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 34,718 20.7% 50,511 23.2% 15,793 45.5 2.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 20,532 12.3% 28,842 13.2% 8,310 40.5 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 134,294 100.0% 168,625 100.0% 34,331 25.6 OCCUPIED.............. 128,167 95.4% 160,545 95.2% 32,378 25.3 -0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 75,939 59.3% 92,437 57.6% 16,498 21.7 -1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $72,807 $68,887 -3,920 -5.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 52,228 40.7% 68,108 42.4% 15,880 30.4 1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $311 $349 38 12.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 89,803 66.9% 110,920 65.8% 21,117 23.5 -1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,712 2.0% 5,325 3.2% 2,613 96.3 1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1963.1 1970.0 6.9 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis