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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.24M people in New Mexico with Other Groups ancestry (58.76% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico counties, Rio Arriba County had the highest percentage of its population with Other Groups ancestry (87.39%), followed by McKinley County (82.62%), and Cibola County (81.28%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Other Groups 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 Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Rio Arriba County
McKinley County
Cibola County
Mora County
Luna County
San Miguel County
Socorro County
De Baca County
Hidalgo County
Doña Ana County
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Rio Arriba County 87.39
2 McKinley County 82.62
3 Cibola County 81.28
4 Mora County 78.00
5 Luna County 71.77
6 San Miguel County 69.63
7 Socorro County 68.40
8 De Baca County 64.98
9 Hidalgo County 64.86
10 Doña Ana County 64.04
11 San Juan County 63.85
12 Lea County 62.50
13 Guadalupe County 61.86
14 Valencia County 61.78
15 Taos County 60.07
16 Grant County 57.51
17 Catron County 56.74
18 Chaves County 56.30
19 Bernalillo County 55.07
20 Santa Fe County 54.59
21 Eddy County 53.80
22 Curry County 53.18
23 Sandoval County 52.74
24 Roosevelt County 51.32
25 Sierra County 51.17
26 Otero County 49.84
27 Quay County 49.49
28 Colfax County 48.45
29 Lincoln County 48.32
30 Torrance County 47.65
31 Union County 46.48
32 Harding County 38.09
33 Los Alamos County 33.55