El Paso is a very bilingual city. The percentage of bilingual peeps in El Paso, (39.44%), is double that. The majority of the population in El Paso is Spanish-speaking, with the Spanish-speaking population surpassing non-Spanish-speaking people as the majority in 1965. With a population of 685,434, El Paso is the sixth-largest city in Texas and the 22nd-largest city in the United States. Nearly 7 in 10 residents of El Paso speak a language other than English, and 39% of its population is bilingual.