Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso, and on the border of Mexico. El Paso adjoins it on the west and the smaller city of San Elizario on the southeast; small unincorporated areas of El Paso County separate it from the nearby municipalities of Horizon City to the north and Clint to the east. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 27,152. By the 2010 census, the number had grown to 32,013. As of July 1, 2019, the population estimate for the city from the U.S. Census was 34,370. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is El Paso County's second-largest municipality, after El Paso. It has a council-manager type of government with five city council members. Socorro is the 93rd-largest community in  Texas.


Socorro is located at (31.719078, -106.362662). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 27,152 people in Socorro and 643 families residing in that year's figures show an increase to 32,013 people living within its city limits as well as 528 families residing inside those limits according to 2010 census data .

Socorro City Map Poster

Design your own map of Socorro

About Socorro

Cities near Socorro