Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all New Mexico counties, McKinley County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (73.73%), followed by Cibola County (39.18%), and San Juan County (37.72%).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2018
McKinley
Cibola
San Juan
Rio Arriba
Sandoval
Socorro
Otero
Taos
Bernalillo
Valencia
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 McKinley County 73.73
2 Cibola County 39.18
3 San Juan County 37.72
4 Rio Arriba County 14.25
5 Sandoval County 11.96
6 Socorro County 11.82
7 Otero County 5.89
8 Taos County 5.05
9 Bernalillo County 4.22
10 Valencia County 3.86
11 Lincoln County 2.95
12 Catron County 2.9
13 Santa Fe County 2.46
14 Torrance County 2.02
15 Guadalupe County 1.46
16 Sierra County 1.38
17 Union County 1.37
18 Colfax County 1.26
19 De Baca County 1.18
20 Quay County 1.05
21 Roosevelt County 1.04
22 San Miguel County 1.01
23 Eddy County 0.98
24 Grant County 0.89
24 Los Alamos County 0.89
25 Lea County 0.78
26 Doña Ana County 0.74
27 Chaves County 0.73
28 Curry County 0.6
29 Luna County 0.59
30 Mora County 0.58
31 Hidalgo County 0.52
32 Harding County 0.15