Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 13.06K people in New Mexico with British ancestry (0.62% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico counties, Catron County had the highest percentage of its population with British ancestry (2.60%), followed by Los Alamos County (1.68%), and Socorro County (1.64%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having British 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 Counties By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021
Catron County
Los Alamos County
Socorro County
Grant County
Roosevelt County
Santa Fe County
Bernalillo County
Luna County
Sandoval County
Quay County
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Catron County 2.60
2 Los Alamos County 1.68
3 Socorro County 1.64
4 Grant County 1.33
5 Roosevelt County 1.26
6 Santa Fe County 0.99
7 Bernalillo County 0.79
8 Luna County 0.74
9 Sandoval County 0.72
10 Quay County 0.68
11 Eddy County 0.63
12 Guadalupe County 0.61
13 De Baca County 0.59
14 Otero County 0.57
15 Union County 0.53
16 Valencia County 0.47
17 Lincoln County 0.44
18 Curry County 0.43
19 San Juan County 0.42
20 Doña Ana County 0.36
21 Cibola County 0.35
22 Colfax County 0.34
23 Lea County 0.31
24 San Miguel County 0.30
25 Chaves County 0.27
26 Rio Arriba County 0.22
27 Taos County 0.19
28 Torrance County 0.11
29 Hidalgo County 0.10
30 Sierra County 0.04
31 McKinley County 0.004