Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 146.73K people in New Mexico with English ancestry (6.96% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Los Alamos CDP had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (14.70%), followed by Santa Fe city (10.80%), and Rio Rancho city (9.26%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having English ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New Mexico.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Los Alamos CDP
Santa Fe city
Rio Rancho city
Alamogordo city
Albuquerque city
Los Lunas village
Portales city
Farmington city
Artesia city
Las Cruces city
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Los Alamos CDP 14.70
2 Santa Fe city 10.80
3 Rio Rancho city 9.26
4 Alamogordo city 8.47
5 Albuquerque city 7.77
6 Los Lunas village 7.52
7 Portales city 6.99
8 Farmington city 6.92
9 Artesia city 6.85
10 Las Cruces city 6.37
11 Clovis city 6.28
12 Carlsbad city 5.63
13 North Valley CDP 5.19
14 Roswell city 4.84
15 Hobbs city 3.79
16 Deming city 3.64
17 South Valley CDP 2.93
18 Gallup city 2.79
19 Las Vegas city 2.34
20 Lovington city 2.24
21 Chaparral CDP 1.84
22 Española city 1.31
23 Sunland Park city 0.59