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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 326.68K people in New Mexico with Unclassified ancestry (15.49% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico counties, Harding County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (31.90%), followed by Eddy County (25.13%), and Guadalupe County (23.43%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Harding County
Eddy County
Guadalupe County
Chaves County
Quay County
Roosevelt County
Lea County
Valencia County
Curry County
San Miguel County
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Harding County 31.90
2 Eddy County 25.13
3 Guadalupe County 23.43
4 Chaves County 22.79
5 Quay County 22.04
6 Roosevelt County 20.91
7 Lea County 19.44
8 Valencia County 19.30
9 Curry County 18.21
10 San Miguel County 17.49
11 Colfax County 16.42
12 Doña Ana County 16.26
13 Bernalillo County 15.73
14 Union County 15.62
15 Otero County 15.55
16 San Juan County 14.46
17 Sandoval County 14.40
18 Los Alamos County 13.55
19 Torrance County 13.14
20 Sierra County 12.82
21 De Baca County 12.60
22 Santa Fe County 12.51
23 Grant County 12.06
23 McKinley County 12.06
24 Taos County 11.38
25 Hidalgo County 11.06
26 Lincoln County 10.96
27 Luna County 10.94
28 Socorro County 10.41
29 Catron County 9.05
30 Cibola County 6.66
31 Mora County 5.32
32 Rio Arriba County 4.96