Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 4.23K people in New Mexico with African ancestry (0.20% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Los Lunas village had the highest percentage of its population with African ancestry (1.27%), followed by Hobbs city (0.63%), and Clovis city (0.52%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having African ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New Mexico.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021
Los Lunas village
Hobbs city
Clovis city
Albuquerque city
Alamogordo city
Las Cruces city
Roswell city
Gallup city
Sunland Park city
Rio Rancho city
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Los Lunas village 1.27
2 Hobbs city 0.63
3 Clovis city 0.52
4 Albuquerque city 0.37
5 Alamogordo city 0.31
6 Las Cruces city 0.26
6 Roswell city 0.26
7 Gallup city 0.19
8 Sunland Park city 0.18
9 Rio Rancho city 0.10
10 Las Vegas city 0.08
11 Carlsbad city 0.06
12 Farmington city 0.03
13 Los Alamos CDP 0.02