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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 9.98K people in New Mexico with Welsh ancestry (0.47% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico counties, Sierra County had the highest percentage of its population with Welsh ancestry (2.04%), followed by Harding County (0.94%), and Taos County (0.89%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Welsh 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 Welsh Ancestry in 2021
Sierra County
Harding County
Taos County
Los Alamos County
Santa Fe County
Roosevelt County
Grant County
Lincoln County
Valencia County
Colfax County
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population with Welsh Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Sierra County 2.04
2 Harding County 0.94
3 Taos County 0.89
4 Los Alamos County 0.85
5 Santa Fe County 0.83
6 Roosevelt County 0.74
7 Grant County 0.65
7 Lincoln County 0.65
8 Valencia County 0.60
9 Colfax County 0.59
10 Bernalillo County 0.56
11 Sandoval County 0.50
12 San Miguel County 0.49
13 Otero County 0.48
14 Curry County 0.45
15 Lea County 0.41
16 Hidalgo County 0.38
17 Chaves County 0.37
18 Torrance County 0.34
19 Quay County 0.33
20 Luna County 0.31
21 San Juan County 0.30
22 Eddy County 0.28
23 Doña Ana County 0.21
24 Socorro County 0.18
25 Rio Arriba County 0.15
25 Union County 0.15
26 Cibola County 0.08
27 McKinley County 0.05