† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupEl Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NMUnited States
Mexican73.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.8%
Spaniard0.8%—
Spanish0.4%—
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.4%
German4.4%12.5%
English3.0%9.5%
Irish2.8%9.4%
American2.5%5.3%
Italian1.1%4.8%
French0.6%1.6%
Polish0.5%2.2%
Scottish0.5%1.3%
African American†2.1%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%1.4%
Chinese0.2%1.3%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM
United States
Median age
33.8
39.1
Age 18–24
11.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM
United States
Median household income
$59,167
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
63.4%
22.3%
Spanish
61.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM
United States
Catholic
42.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
42.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+41.9%
1916
+15.9%
1920
−9.5%
1924
+39.0%
1928
−5.2%
1932
+51.8%
1936
+60.7%
1940
+40.9%
1944
+45.5%
1948
+38.8%
1952
−15.0%
1956
−11.7%
1960
+8.8%
1964
+24.2%
1968
−1.0%
1972
−21.2%
1976
+0.9%
1980
−13.9%
1984
−14.6%
1988
+3.1%
1992
+13.4%
1996
+25.7%
2000
+14.9%
2004
+10.2%
2008
+28.4%
2012
+27.3%
2016
+36.4%
2020
+30.9%
2024
+13.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
56.0%Harris189,368
42.4%Trump143,477
0.5%Stein1,687 +4
D+13.6
R+17.3
D+15.0
338,014
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic56.0%189,368
Donald J TrumpRepublican42.4%143,477
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%1,687
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%1,490
OtherAll other candidates0.4%1,488
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.1%498
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%6
D
64.5%Biden226,454
33.6%Trump117,912
1.9%
D+30.9
R+5.5
D+26.5
351,021
D
64.7%Clinton186,114
28.3%Trump81,389
6.9%
D+36.4
D+9.1
D+34.3
287,441
D
62.7%Obama150,470
35.4%Romney84,943
1.9%
D+27.3
R+1.1
D+23.4
239,989
D
63.7%Obama162,733
35.4%McCain90,309
0.9%
D+28.4
D+18.1
D+21.1
255,411
D
54.7%Kerry127,206
44.5%Bush103,386
0.8%
D+10.2
R+4.7
D+12.7
232,419
D
56.1%Gore108,140
41.2%Bush79,351
2.7%
D+14.9
R+10.7
D+14.4
192,617
D
59.8%Clinton107,157
34.1%Dole61,163
6.1%
D+25.7
D+12.3
D+17.1
179,172
D
48.8%Clinton87,973
35.4%Bush63,857
15.8%
D+13.4
D+10.2
D+7.8
180,249
D
51.2%Dukakis82,636
48.1%Bush77,560
0.7%
D+3.1
D+17.7
D+10.9
161,344
R
42.5%Mondale66,157
57.0%Reagan88,824
0.5%
R+14.6
R+0.6
D+3.7
155,746
R
39.7%Carter51,315
53.6%Reagan69,286
6.7%
R+13.9
R+14.8
R+4.2
129,230
D
49.8%Carter57,992
48.9%Ford56,980
1.3%
D+0.9
D+22.0
R+1.2
116,503
R
38.9%McGovern42,101
60.1%Nixon65,010
1.0%
R+21.2
R+20.2
D+2.0
108,183
R
45.7%Humphrey40,605
46.7%Nixon41,456
7.6%
R+1.0
R+25.1
R+0.3
88,813
D
61.9%Johnson46,236
37.8%Goldwater28,191
0.3%
D+24.2
D+15.4
D+1.6
74,677
D
54.3%Kennedy35,341
45.5%Nixon29,607
0.3%
D+8.8
D+20.5
D+8.6
65,117
R
43.9%Stevenson20,443
55.6%Eisenhower25,873
0.5%
R+11.7
D+3.3
D+3.7
46,565
R
42.4%Stevenson19,413
57.4%Eisenhower26,262
0.2%
R+15.0
R+53.8
R+4.2
45,747
D
68.4%Truman20,894
29.6%Dewey9,033
2.0%
D+38.8
R+6.7
D+34.4
30,539
D
68.0%Roosevelt15,931
22.4%Dewey5,256
9.6%
D+45.5
D+4.6
D+38.0
23,441
D
70.4%Roosevelt18,008
29.5%Willkie7,538
0.1%
D+40.9
R+19.8
D+31.0
25,582
D
79.9%Roosevelt17,827
19.2%Landon4,291
0.8%
D+60.7
D+8.9
D+36.4
22,299
D
75.2%Roosevelt16,810
23.4%Hoover5,226
1.4%
D+51.8
D+57.0
D+34.0
22,360
R
47.4%Smith8,400
52.6%Hoover9,314
0.0%
R+5.2
R+44.2
D+12.3
17,722
D
68.1%Davis9,537
29.1%Coolidge4,077
2.8%
D+39.0
D+48.5
D+64.2
14,001
R
44.9%Cox5,558
54.4%Harding6,734
0.8%
R+9.5
R+25.4
D+16.7
12,385
D
56.9%Wilson4,681
41.1%Hughes3,376
2.0%
D+15.9
R+26.0
D+12.7
8,224
D
61.2%Wilson3,809
19.3%Taft1,203
19.5%
D+41.9
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D+22.3
6,223
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voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+14.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+13.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.5 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
144,272
58,948
38,578
43,884
2,862
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−6,062 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −78,844 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM in El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+6,000
2012
−909
2013
−15,194
2014
−10,484
2015
−14,881
2016
−7,829
2017
−5,599
2018
−6,820
2019
−4,024
2021
−894
2022
−4,650
2023
−2,942
2024
−4,556
2025
−6,062
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 21.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 17.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.6 points.
A population of 1,098,448, a 14% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,167 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McAllen-Edinburg, TX and Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX.
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How did El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas voted Democratic by 13.6 points (D+13.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 338,014 votes cast, 189,368 went Democratic and 143,477 went Republican.
When did El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas?
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas has a population of 1,098,448 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas?
Median household income in El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas is $59,167 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.
