Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the New Mexico Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent was 21.34%. Among all New Mexico counties, Sierra County had the highest percentage of its Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent (100.00%), followed by Socorro County (93.75%), and Quay County (57.90%).

The chart below shows the top 10 New Mexico counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New Mexico counties.

You can see similar information for other educational attainments, and for other races and ethnicities.

You can also see similar information for other states and for the United States.

Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021
Sierra County
Socorro County
Quay County
Union County
Cibola County
Guadalupe County
Eddy County
Otero County
Lea County
Luna County
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021
Items per page:
0 of 0
Rank County Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Sierra County 100.00
2 Socorro County 93.75
3 Quay County 57.90
4 Union County 46.67
5 Cibola County 45.38
6 Guadalupe County 44.58
7 Eddy County 40.22
8 Otero County 38.01
9 Lea County 35.53
10 Luna County 32.29
11 Chaves County 31.51
12 San Juan County 30.30
13 Valencia County 29.75
14 Grant County 28.44
15 Lincoln County 27.96
16 De Baca County 23.53
17 Rio Arriba County 22.35
18 Taos County 20.59
19 Bernalillo County 17.87
19 McKinley County 17.87
20 Santa Fe County 17.26
21 Doña Ana County 15.60
22 Sandoval County 14.67
23 Curry County 11.98
24 Los Alamos County 5.06
25 Torrance County 3.48
26 Catron County 0.00
26 Colfax County 0.00
26 Hidalgo County 0.00
26 Roosevelt County 0.00
26 San Miguel County 0.00