Rio Grande Council of Governments

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Location
General Information
Established	January 1967
Number of Counties	7 (6 in Texas, 1 in New Mexico)
Area (approx.)	22,000 sq. mi.
Population	704,318 (2000) 757,506 (2006)

Counties served

• Brewster
  Brewster County, Texas
  Brewster County is a county located in western part of the US state of Texas, along the border with Mexico. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. As of the 2000 census, the population is 8,866. In 2009, the population was estimated to be 9,481. Its...
  
  
• Culberson
  Culberson County, Texas
  Culberson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. In 2000, its population was 2,975. Culberson was founded in 1911. It is named for David B. Culberson, a lawyer and Confederate soldier in the American...
  
  
• El Paso
• Hudspeth
  Hudspeth County, Texas
  Hudspeth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. As of 2000, the population was 3,344. By 2010, the population had increased to 3,476. Its county seat is Sierra Blanca. The largest city is Fort Hancock...
  
  
• Jeff Davis
  Jeff Davis County, Texas
  Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. In 2000, its population was 2,207, and 2,258 by 2009...
  
  
• Presidio
  Presidio County, Texas
  Presidio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 7,304. Its county seat is Marfa. Presidio County is in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas and is named for the ancient border settlement of Presidio del Norte.-Geography:Presidio County is triangular in...
  
  
• Doña Ana County, New Mexico
  Doña Ana County, New Mexico
  -2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*74.1% White*1.7% Black*1.5% Native American*1.1% Asian*0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.0% Two or more races*18.5% Other races*65.7% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
  
  

Largest cities in the region

• El Paso
  El Paso, Texas
  El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
  
  
• Alamogordo, New Mexico
  Alamogordo, New Mexico
  Alamogordo is the county seat of Otero County and a city in south-central New Mexico, United States. A desert community lying in the Tularosa Basin, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains. It is the nearest city to Holloman Air Force Base. The population was 35,582 as of the 2000...
  
  
• Las Cruces, New Mexico
  Las Cruces, New Mexico
  Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....
  
  
• Socorro
  Socorro, Texas
  Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 27,152. By the 2010 census, the number had grown to 32,013. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city was reactivated in 1986 and has been a working city since then...
  
  
• Sunland Park, New Mexico
  Sunland Park, New Mexico
  Sunland Park is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 14,106 at the 2010 census. Though it lies directly across from El Paso, Texas, being in Doña Ana County makes it instead a part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area, some 30 miles to the north.The...
  
  
• Horizon City
  Horizon City, Texas
  Horizon City is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,233 at the 2000 census and 13,043 at the 2008 census. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. Estimates for the 2010 census show the population at 16,735....
  
  
• Anthony
  Anthony, Texas
  Anthony is an incorporated town in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,850 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Anthony is located at ....
  
  
• Presidio
  Presidio, Texas
  Presidio is a city in Presidio County, Texas, United States. It stands on the Rio Grande , on the opposite side of the U.S.-Mexico border from Ojinaga, Chihuahua. The population was 4,167 at the 2000 census....
  
  

External links

• Rio Grande Council of Governments - Official site.