Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all New Mexico counties, Curry County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (6.96%), followed by Lea County (4.32%), and Otero County (3.87%).

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

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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
Curry
Lea
Otero
Bernalillo
Chaves
Sandoval
Roosevelt
Doña Ana
Torrance
Guadalupe
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Curry County 6.96
2 Lea County 4.32
3 Otero County 3.87
4 Bernalillo County 3.38
5 Chaves County 2.51
6 Sandoval County 2.47
7 Roosevelt County 2.23
8 Doña Ana County 2.06
9 Torrance County 2.02
10 Guadalupe County 1.98
11 San Miguel County 1.97
12 Union County 1.79
13 Eddy County 1.72
14 Valencia County 1.63
15 Quay County 1.6
16 Luna County 1.4
17 Cibola County 1.26
18 Hidalgo County 1.21
19 Grant County 1.1
20 Socorro County 1.09
21 Santa Fe County 1.03
22 Mora County 0.92
23 Lincoln County 0.84
24 Catron County 0.8
25 Rio Arriba County 0.79
26 Colfax County 0.76
27 Taos County 0.75
28 Los Alamos County 0.71
29 San Juan County 0.7
30 Sierra County 0.62
31 McKinley County 0.61
32 Harding County 0.43
33 De Baca County 0.41