El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. Its metropolitan statistical area covers all of El Paso and Hudspeth counties in Texas, and had a population of 868,859 in 2020. El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciudad Juárez, the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The Las Cruces area, in the neighboring U.S. state of New Mexico, has a population of 219,561. On the U.S. side, the El Paso metropolitan area forms part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area, which has a population of 1,098,541. These three cities form a combined international metropolitan area sometimes referred to as the Paso del Norte or the Borderplex.

Country: United States
State: Texas
County: El Paso
First settlement: 1680
Settled as Franklin: 1849
Renamed El Paso: 1852
Town laid out: 1859
Incorporated: 1873
Type: Council–manager
City Council: Mayor Oscar Leeser (D), Brian Kennedy, Josh Acevedo, Cassandra Hernandez, Joe Molinar, Isabel Salcido, Art Fierro, Henry Rivera, Chris Canales
City manager: Cary Westin (Interim)
Population (2020): 678,815
Rank: 61st in North America, 22nd in the United States, 6th in Texas
Urban: 854,584 (US: 53rd)
Metro: 868,859 (US: 67th)
Demonym(s): El Pasoan
Time zone: MST (UTC−07:00)
Summer (DST): MDT (UTC−06:00)
ZIP Codes: 79900–79999, 88500–88599 (PO boxes)
Area codes: 915
FIPS code: 48-24000
GNIS feature ID: 1380946
Twitter profile: ElPasoTXGov
Youtube channel: UCwYdX-cXdg609Ppl8Bjq07g
Wikidata description: city in and county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States
Wikidata id: Q16562
Wikidata label: El Paso
Wikidata aliases: Array
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