Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all New Mexico counties, Catron County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as White Alone (83.92%), followed by Sierra County (78.30%), and Los Alamos County (76.72%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New Mexico counties based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in New Mexico.

Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Catron
83.92%
Sierra
78.30%
Los Alamos
76.72%
De Baca
76.69%
Lincoln
73.35%
Quay
72.35%
Colfax
67.10%
Torrance
66.51%
Grant
66.39%
Union
66.23%
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Catron County 83.92
2 Sierra County 78.30
3 Los Alamos County 76.72
4 De Baca County 76.69
5 Lincoln County 73.35
6 Quay County 72.35
7 Colfax County 67.10
8 Torrance County 66.51
9 Grant County 66.39
10 Union County 66.23
11 Harding County 64.88
12 Hidalgo County 64.34
13 Roosevelt County 63.73
14 Santa Fe County 60.46
15 Eddy County 60.07
16 Curry County 59.97
17 Otero County 59.42
18 Chaves County 58.03
19 Taos County 57.81
20 Sandoval County 57.49
21 Bernalillo County 54.64
22 Valencia County 53.68
23 Luna County 52.53
24 Socorro County 51.24
25 Doña Ana County 49.39
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