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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 85.40K people in New Mexico with American ancestry (4.05% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Alamogordo city had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (6.82%), followed by Roswell city (6.75%), and Artesia city (6.72%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having American 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 American Ancestry in 2021
Alamogordo city
Roswell city
Artesia city
Hobbs city
Portales city
Los Lunas village
Lovington city
Carlsbad city
Clovis city
South Valley CDP
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Alamogordo city 6.82
2 Roswell city 6.75
3 Artesia city 6.72
4 Hobbs city 6.64
5 Portales city 6.43
6 Los Lunas village 5.31
7 Lovington city 5.29
8 Carlsbad city 4.80
9 Clovis city 4.52
10 South Valley CDP 4.42
11 Rio Rancho city 4.12
11 Santa Fe city 4.12
12 North Valley CDP 3.94
13 Los Alamos CDP 3.53
14 Las Vegas city 3.49
15 Albuquerque city 3.33
16 Española city 3.32
17 Deming city 2.79
18 Farmington city 2.70
19 Las Cruces city 2.61
20 Chaparral CDP 1.10
21 Sunland Park city 0.73
22 Gallup city 0.64