Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all New Mexico counties, Curry County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (7.26%), followed by Otero County (4.63%), and Lea County (4.48%).

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 2023
Curry
Otero
Lea
Bernalillo
Guadalupe
Sandoval
Roosevelt
Chaves
Doña Ana
Union
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Curry County 7.26
2 Otero County 4.63
3 Lea County 4.48
4 Bernalillo County 3.81
5 Guadalupe County 3.26
6 Sandoval County 3.01
7 Roosevelt County 2.85
8 Chaves County 2.77
9 Doña Ana County 2.66
10 Union County 2.6
11 Torrance County 2.39
12 Quay County 2.37
13 San Miguel County 2.36
14 Harding County 2.24
15 Valencia County 2.21
16 Eddy County 2.19
17 Hidalgo County 2.12
17 Luna County 2.12
18 Cibola County 1.86
19 Los Alamos County 1.69
20 Socorro County 1.55
21 Colfax County 1.39
22 Grant County 1.38
23 Santa Fe County 1.37
24 De Baca County 1.33
25 Sierra County 1.27
26 Mora County 1.24
27 Lincoln County 1.16
28 Rio Arriba County 1.13
29 Catron County 1.02
30 Taos County 0.99
31 San Juan County 0.79
32 McKinley County 0.73