875,784 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.0% since 2020)
1,014 square miles of land · 864 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
22 active community water systems list El Paso County in the area they serve, reporting 957,112 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| EL PASO WATER UTILITIES surface water · local government · TX0710002 | 747,168 served |
| LOWER VALLEY WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TX0710154 | 59,049 served |
| PASEO DEL ESTE MUD 1 buys surface water · local government · TX0710186 | 36,773 served |
| HORIZON REGIONAL MUD groundwater · local government · TX0710005 | 31,542 served |
| FORT BLISS MAIN POST AREA groundwater · private · TX0710020 | 28,000 served |
| EAST BIGGS WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · federal · TX0710187 | 15,000 served |
| EAST MONTANA WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · TX0710178 | 11,480 served |
| EL PASO COUNTY WCID 4 FABENS groundwater · local government · TX0710018 | 9,444 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 2,235 people were held in El Paso County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 2,023.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
9 school districts have their office in El Paso County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $750.9 million — $647 million to run schools, about $12,931 per student, plus $61.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $266.6 million local (mostly property tax), $295.9 million state, $171.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $920.4 million.
Spent $669.9 million — $553.7 million to run schools, about $11,574 per student, plus $72.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $195.4 million local (mostly property tax), $316.4 million state, $126.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $777.6 million.
Spent $719.4 million — $512.9 million to run schools, about $14,175 per student, plus $166.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $130 million local (mostly property tax), $297 million state, $159.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $899 million.
Spent $158.3 million — $142.9 million to run schools, about $13,785 per student, plus $7.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.7 million local (mostly property tax), $96.1 million state, $33.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $146.4 million.
Spent $89 million — $83 million to run schools, about $13,658 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $45 million local (mostly property tax), $30.2 million state, $17.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $88.2 million.
Spent $49.4 million — $47 million to run schools, about $14,793 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $31 million state, $16.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.1 million.
Spent $31.7 million — $30 million to run schools, about $15,557 per student, plus $802,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $21.4 million state, $9.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.6 million.
Spent $18.8 million — $15.8 million to run schools, about $19,052 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $11.2 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.5 million.
And 1 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost El Paso County about $120.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
779 bridges in El Paso County: 411 in good condition, 363 fair, and 5 poor (0.6%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| N CAMPBELL ST over UNION PACIFIC RR · built 1952 | 7,180 vehicles a day |
| CONCEPCION ST over FRANKLIN CANAL · built 1978 | 2,310 vehicles a day |
| ALPS DR over TOBIN DRAINAGE DITCH · built 1955 | 2,010 vehicles a day |
| N EL PASO ST over UNION PACIFIC RR · built 1952 | 615 vehicles a day |
| HOLLINGS ST SB over TOBIN DRAINAGE DITCH · built 1955 | 381 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $202.2 million of work in El Paso County in fiscal 2025, about $234 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30. Mail ballot application must be received: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Texas Secretary of State, Sept. 28, 2026 · VoteTexas.gov — early voting · VoteTexas.gov
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Nearby counties: Doña Ana County, NM (53 mi) · Hudspeth County (55 mi) · Otero County, NM (65 mi) · Luna County, NM (93 mi) · Culberson County (103 mi) · Sierra County, NM (109 mi).