Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all New Mexico counties, Bernalillo County had the highest population density per square mile (582.52 people per sqr mile), followed by Los Alamos County (177.96 people per sqr mile), and Santa Fe County (81.04 people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Harding County had the lowest population density (0.31 people per sqr mile), followed by Catron County (0.52 people per sqr mile), and De Baca County (0.73 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all New Mexico counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
Rank | County | Population Density |
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1 | Bernalillo County | 582.52 |
2 | Los Alamos County | 177.96 |
3 | Santa Fe County | 81.04 |
4 | Valencia County | 71.44 |
5 | Doña Ana County | 57.66 |
6 | Sandoval County | 40.12 |
7 | Curry County | 34.46 |
8 | San Juan County | 22.05 |
9 | Lea County | 16.95 |
10 | Taos County | 15.66 |
11 | Eddy County | 14.92 |
12 | McKinley County | 13.37 |
13 | Chaves County | 10.74 |
14 | Otero County | 10.26 |
15 | Luna County | 8.57 |
16 | Roosevelt County | 7.85 |
17 | Grant County | 7.12 |
18 | Rio Arriba County | 6.89 |
19 | Cibola County | 5.99 |
20 | San Miguel County | 5.76 |
21 | Torrance County | 4.50 |
22 | Lincoln County | 4.20 |
23 | Colfax County | 3.30 |
24 | Quay County | 3.04 |
25 | Sierra County | 2.77 |
26 | Socorro County | 2.50 |
27 | Mora County | 2.17 |
28 | Guadalupe County | 1.47 |
29 | Hidalgo County | 1.22 |
30 | Union County | 1.07 |
31 | De Baca County | 0.73 |
32 | Catron County | 0.52 |
33 | Harding County | 0.31 |