New Mexico Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of New Mexico was 193,246, which was 9.16% of the population of New Mexico.
The highest percentage of the New Mexico foreign-born population where born in Mexico (66.69%), followed by Philippines (3.18%), and Vietnam (2.15%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the New Mexico Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total New Mexico foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the New Mexico foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: New Mexico ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
New Mexico Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Mexico | 128873 | 66.69 |
| Philippines | 6138 | 3.18 |
| Vietnam | 4151 | 2.15 |
| China | 4121 | 2.13 |
| Germany | 3971 | 2.06 |
| India | 2900 | 1.50 |
| Cuba | 2528 | 1.31 |
| Canada | 2352 | 1.22 |
| Guatemala | 2026 | 1.05 |
| Korea | 1844 | 0.95 |
| England | 1641 | 0.85 |
| Colombia | 1491 | 0.77 |
| El Salvador | 1421 | 0.74 |
| Honduras | 1252 | 0.65 |
| Nigeria | 1218 | 0.63 |
| Iran | 1150 | 0.60 |
| Japan | 1085 | 0.56 |
| Peru | 826 | 0.43 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 790 | 0.41 |
| Spain | 752 | 0.39 |
| Thailand | 696 | 0.36 |
| France | 653 | 0.34 |
| Taiwan | 634 | 0.33 |
| Argentina | 576 | 0.30 |
| Italy | 574 | 0.30 |
| Russia | 537 | 0.28 |
| Iraq | 530 | 0.27 |
| Kuwait | 519 | 0.27 |
| Nepal | 499 | 0.26 |
| Brazil | 494 | 0.26 |
| Greece | 482 | 0.25 |
| Ecuador | 472 | 0.24 |
| Nicaragua | 465 | 0.24 |
| Ukraine | 436 | 0.23 |
| Pakistan | 435 | 0.23 |
| Netherlands | 416 | 0.22 |
| Chile | 395 | 0.20 |
| Jamaica | 392 | 0.20 |
| Ghana | 356 | 0.18 |
| Jordan | 355 | 0.18 |
| Poland | 343 | 0.18 |
| Dominican Republic | 339 | 0.18 |
| Cameroon | 331 | 0.17 |
| Lebanon | 324 | 0.17 |
| Venezuela | 313 | 0.16 |
| Turkey | 294 | 0.15 |
| Ireland | 287 | 0.15 |
| Australia | 286 | 0.15 |
| Czechoslovakia | 274 | 0.14 |
| Panama | 271 | 0.14 |
| Romania | 242 | 0.13 |
| Bangladesh | 229 | 0.12 |
| Kenya | 229 | 0.12 |
| Costa Rica | 227 | 0.12 |
| Serbia | 216 | 0.11 |
| Indonesia | 213 | 0.11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 211 | 0.11 |
| Austria | 203 | 0.11 |
| Scotland | 202 | 0.11 |
| Afghanistan | 193 | 0.10 |
| Switzerland | 189 | 0.10 |
| Haiti | 183 | 0.10 |
| Ethiopia | 178 | 0.09 |
| Laos | 177 | 0.09 |
| Sri Lanka | 157 | 0.08 |
| Israel | 150 | 0.08 |
| Morocco | 149 | 0.08 |
| Latvia | 123 | 0.06 |
| Hong Kong | 122 | 0.06 |
| Sweden | 114 | 0.06 |
| Syria | 111 | 0.06 |
| Liberia | 105 | 0.05 |
| Malaysia | 104 | 0.05 |
| Uzbekistan | 102 | 0.05 |
| Fiji | 101 | 0.05 |
| Egypt | 95 | 0.05 |
| Norway | 91 | 0.05 |
| Portugal | 90 | 0.05 |
| Bulgaria | 86 | 0.05 |
| Hungary | 84 | 0.04 |
| Belgium | 82 | 0.04 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 81 | 0.04 |
| Guyana | 81 | 0.04 |
| Congo | 73 | 0.04 |
| Kazakhstan | 72 | 0.04 |
| Uganda | 62 | 0.03 |
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 0.03 |
| Lithuania | 56 | 0.03 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49 | 0.03 |
| Singapore | 43 | 0.02 |
| Denmark | 42 | 0.02 |
| Cambodia | 42 | 0.02 |
| Uruguay | 39 | 0.02 |
| Dominica | 36 | 0.02 |
| Moldova | 35 | 0.02 |
| Albania | 33 | 0.02 |
| Burma | 33 | 0.02 |
| Belize | 29 | 0.02 |
| Eritrea | 28 | 0.01 |
| Sudan | 28 | 0.01 |
| Armenia | 22 | 0.01 |
| Sierra Leone | 18 | 0.01 |
| Belarus | 13 | 0.01 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10 | 0.01 |
| Bahamas | 9 | 0.01 |
| Azores Islands | 8 | 0.00 |
| Micronesia | 7 | 0.00 |
| Croatia | 6 | 0.00 |