According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, El Paso County’s population grew from 867,239 to 869,880, a difference of 2,641. This represents a growth rate of three tenths of 1 percent, or .003.
In other news, “El Paso wages are the fourth lowest among the 26 largest Texas counties and seventh lowest among the 360 largest counties in the United States.”
Our weekly average wages are $924 a week, and the national average is $1,334. El Paso’s weekly wages are 69% of the national average.
Obviously we have to do something. But Triple A baseball and water parks aren’t the answer.
The El Paso Police Department celebrated the graduation of 16 new police officers.
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EPPD spokesperson Detective Judy Oviedo who said that for the graduates, Friday will, “probably [be] one of the best days they’ll remember in their career.”
I guess she means it only gets worse.
I understand that most popular major at UTEP is Criminal Justice, yet only 16 people wanted to be an El Paso cop. Seems like a branding issue.
“Eaton Plan Manager in El Paso Alex Mora said Eaton looked at Albuquerque, Phoenix, Dallas and El Paso but El Paso beat those cities because of how close it is to the Eaton plant in Juarez.”
So it wasn’t Triple A baseball and water parks? How surprising.
This West Texas border town — with more than 677,000 residents, most of them Mexican American — is in a low voter-turnout county in a low voter-turnout state.
The county had 502,700 registered voters in the 2024 primaries, but only about 11% cast a ballot. That’s more than 7% lower than the last presidential primaries in 2020, and good for the second worst turnout rate in the state. In 2022 general midterm elections, 34% of El Paso’s registered voters cast a ballot, about 10% less than in the 2018 general midterms.
Over the last several elections, El Paso County has consistently had among the lowest voter turnout among Texas’ most populous counties. During the 2024 primary, only 11% of the county’s registered voters cast a ballot, the second lowest among the state’s 254 counties. Below are historic turnout rates for the 20 most populated counties in Texas, which includes El Paso County.
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