El Paso County has a population of 840,000, of which 82% identify as Hispanic.

El Paso’s median household income is $47,000 compared to $63,000 for the U.S. overall.

El Paso has consistently been ranked as one of the top 10 safest cities in the U.S.

19% of El Pasoans live in poverty, compared to 11% in the U.S. overall.

El Paso is home to one of the busiest ports of entry in the nation, where over 12 million vehicles and 22 million passengers cross the border into the U.S. annually.

El Paso is the sixth-largest city in Texas and is experiencing positive economic growth annually. Currently, the city is a top 20% performing economy in the U.S.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has designated El Paso County as a Health Professional Shortage area in primary care, dental health and mental health.

Before the opening of the Hunt School of Nursing, El Paso County faced a 40% shortage of nurses when compared to the national average. Today, 10 years after the school’s opening, that shortage has been reduced to 20%.

In El Paso County, there’s only one dentist for every 4,840 residents, compared to the national average of one dentist for every 1,638. Because most graduating dentists establish their practices in proximity to their dental schools, the Hunt School of Dental Medicine will alleviate the severe shortage of dentists in the Borderland.

Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso provides mores than $31 million of uncompensated care annually and its doctors conduct more than 200,000 clinic visits each year.

In 2008, prior to the opening of the Foster School of Medicine, El Paso County’s average number of physicians per 100,000 people was 75% less than the national average. Today, that shortage has been reduced to 60%, more than 10 years after the medical school’s opening.

In 2021, 35% of the Foster School of Medicine’s graduating class identified as Hispanic, contributing to the country’s growing need for Hispanic physicians. Currently, less than 6% of physicians in the U.S. are Hispanic.

62% of TTUHSC El Paso graduates in 2020 and 2021 were Hispanic, adding to a diverse workforce in health care.

TTUHSC El Paso is the only health sciences center on the U.S.-Mexico border designated as a Title V Hispanic-Serving Institution.

In 2021, TTUHSC El Paso opened the Hunt School of Dental Medicine, the only dental school on the U.S.-Mexico border and the first in Texas in over 50 years.

22% of the Foster School of Medicine’s class of 2025 — the school’s largest class to date — are native El Pasoans, and 28% come from counties on the U.S.-Mexico border.

87% of Hunt School of Nursing students are native El Pasoans and 80% identify as Hispanic.

42% of the Hunt School of Dental Medicine’s inaugural class hails from West Texas and border regions of Texas that often lack access to high-quality oral health care.