El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas: New American market. In 2024, voted D+13%. Democratic peak: D+61 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+13MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,100,6432024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,1672024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 79.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+61 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+21 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
El Paso (Las Cruces)
HarrisD+13
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 55.9% | 189,687 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 42.4% | 143,928 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.7% | 5,616 |
D+60R+60
4 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +43.2% |
| 1916 | +17.1% |
| 1920 | −9.2% |
| 1924 | +39.2% |
| 1928 | −5.0% |
| 1932 | +52.3% |
| 1936 | +61.0% |
| 1940 | +41.4% |
| 1944 | +45.8% |
| 1948 | +39.1% |
| 1952 | −15.0% |
| 1956 | −11.6% |
| 1960 | +8.8% |
| 1964 | +24.1% |
| 1968 | −0.9% |
| 1972 | −21.3% |
| 1976 | +0.9% |
| 1980 | −13.9% |
| 1984 | −14.5% |
| 1988 | +3.2% |
| 1992 | +13.4% |
| 1996 | +25.8% |
| 2000 | +15.0% |
| 2004 | +10.2% |
| 2008 | +28.4% |
| 2012 | +27.3% |
| 2016 | +36.4% |
| 2020 | +30.9% |
| 2024 | +13.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 189,687 | 143,928 | 339,231 | ||
| D | 226,892 | 118,327 | 351,885 | ||
| D | 186,568 | 81,669 | 288,208 | ||
| D | 151,038 | 85,238 | 240,868 | ||
| D | 163,225 | 90,566 | 256,170 | ||
| D | 127,581 | 103,793 | 233,207 | ||
| D | 108,717 | 79,764 | 193,629 | ||
| D | 107,961 | 61,492 | 180,413 | ||
| D | 88,397 | 64,108 | 181,096 | ||
| D | 83,193 | 77,977 | 162,326 | ||
| R | 66,564 | 89,333 | 156,663 | ||
| R | 51,738 | 69,827 | 130,206 | ||
| D | 58,399 | 57,353 | 117,290 | ||
| R | 42,339 | 65,565 | 108,986 | ||
| R | 40,935 | 41,754 | 89,586 | ||
| D | 46,709 | 28,505 | 75,464 | ||
| D | 35,684 | 29,907 | 65,767 | ||
| R | 20,712 | 26,197 | 47,161 | ||
| R | 19,665 | 26,593 | 46,330 | ||
| D | 21,138 | 9,071 | 30,845 | ||
| D | 16,131 | 5,273 | 23,692 | ||
| D | 18,311 | 7,583 | 25,931 | ||
| D | 18,066 | 4,314 | 22,561 | ||
| D | 17,095 | 5,244 | 22,664 | ||
| R | 8,485 | 9,386 | 17,879 | ||
| D | 9,630 | 4,092 | 14,118 | ||
| R | 5,598 | 6,740 | 12,432 | ||
| D | 4,805 | 3,378 | 8,351 | ||
| D | 3,954 | 1,203 | 6,368 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
4.4%
English
3.0%
Irish
2.8%
American
2.5%
Italian
1.1%
French
0.6%
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
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 33.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,167
El Paso (Las Cruces) ranks near the middle of US counties.
El Paso (Las Cruces)$59,167
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.3%
Working age (18–64)16.7%
Seniors (65+)23.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
36.7%
speak English only
Spanish61.3%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Spanning El Paso and Las Cruces, this majority-Hispanic media market sits at the U.S.-Mexico boundary, producing consistently high Democratic margins at the federal level while local races often turn on turnout gaps between the two anchor cities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of sixty-one points in 1936 and a Republican high of twenty-one points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved seventeen points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirteen points.
A population of 1,100,643, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,167 describe the market.
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Frequently asked questions
How did El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas voted Democratic by 13.5 points (D+13), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 339,231 votes cast, 189,687 went Democratic and 143,928 went Republican.
What is El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas's political typology?
Akashic places El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas in the "New American" 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 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 8 times, and other 0 times.
When did El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas?
El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas has a population of 1,100,643 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), Texas?
Median household income in El Paso (Las Cruces), 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), Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in El Paso (Las Cruces), Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The market's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.