Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on July 6, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all of New Mexico's cities and places (towns and villages), Albuquerque city had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (19.83K), followed by Las Cruces city (3.03K), and Rio Rancho city (3.02K).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of all of New Mexico cities and places based on Black or African American Alone population.

You can see similar ranking information for other states and for the United States. You can also see similar rankings for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in New Mexico.

Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Albuquerque
19.83K
Las Cruces
3.03K
Rio Rancho
3.02K
Clovis
2.65K
Hobbs
2.29K
Alamogordo
1.92K
Roswell
1.08K
Santa Fe
978
Carlsbad
730
South Valley
476
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
City or Place
Black Alone Population
1 Albuquerque city 19,833
2 Las Cruces city 3,026
3 Rio Rancho city 3,020
4 Clovis city 2,650
5 Hobbs city 2,288
6 Alamogordo city 1,918
7 Roswell city 1,081
8 Santa Fe city 978
9 Carlsbad city 730
10 South Valley CDP 476
11 Farmington city 465
12 Holloman AFB CDP 432
13 Portales city 429
14 Kirtland AFB CDP 325
15 Los Lunas village 302
16 Las Vegas city 238
17 Lovington city 237
18 Gallup city 229
19 Deming city 216
20 Silver City town 185
21 Cannon AFB CDP 171
22 Artesia city 159
23 Chaparral CDP 152
24 Grants city 149
25 Socorro city 132
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