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El Paso·Texas

El Paso moved 18.2 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

20082024·5 elections
TX
El Paso
HarrisD+17.7
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala HarrisDemocratic58.1%120,145
Donald TrumpRepublican40.4%83,480
OtherAll other candidates1.5%3,159
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +17.7% in 2024.+17.7%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+30.4%
2012+30.7%
2016+41.1%
2020+36.0%
2024+17.7%
DemocraticRepublican
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+17.7%
120,14583,480206,784
D
+36.0%
150,43270,265222,991
D
+41.1%
124,98948,960184,788
D
+30.7%
97,26551,541148,806
D
+30.4%
106,20156,472163,582

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorEl PasoCityTexasStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White29.8%48.5%61.0%
Black3.6%12.2%12.2%
Asian1.5%5.6%6.0%
Two or more races46.8%23.5%12.6%
Other race18.1%10.2%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino81.2%39.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$59,745$78,476$84,427
Poverty rate18.4%13.8%12.5%
Median age34.535.739.1
Age 18–2410.9%9.7%9.2%
Age 65 and older13.0%13.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)28.1%33.8%35.7%
Speaks a non-English language at home65.9%35.1%22.3%
Spanish63.7%28.1%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 3.6%German 8.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 2.2%English 7.9%English 9.5%
3rd-largest ancestryAmerican 2.2%Irish 6.0%Irish 9.4%
Religion
Catholic48.0%County context20.1%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant9.9%County context23.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed37.7%County context45.2%51.5%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
3.6%
Irish
2.2%
American
2.2%
English
2.0%
Italian
1.1%
French
0.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
34.1%
speak English only
Spanish63.7%
Other Indo-European0.4%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.3%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Korean0.1%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
48.0%
Evangelical Protestant
9.9%
Other Christian
1.8%
Latter-day Saints
1.1%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Black Protestant
0.4%
Buddhist
0.2%
Jewish
0.2%
Muslim
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted37.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

El Paso sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 18.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.7 points.

A population of 680,130, a 30% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,745 describe the city.

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Frequently asked questions

How did El Paso, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, El Paso, Texas voted Democratic by 17.7 points (D+17.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 206,784 votes cast, 120,145 went Democratic and 83,480 went Republican.
What is El Paso, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places El Paso, Texas in the "" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the city has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in El Paso, Texas?
El Paso, Texas has a population of 680,130 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in El Paso, Texas?
Median household income in El Paso, Texas is $59,745 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of El Paso, Texas?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in El Paso, Texas from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The city's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.