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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 326.68K people in New Mexico with Unclassified ancestry (15.49% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Carlsbad city had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (26.31%), followed by Roswell city (22.14%), and Los Lunas village (19.84%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Carlsbad city
Roswell city
Los Lunas village
Artesia city
Hobbs city
Las Vegas city
South Valley CDP
Alamogordo city
Farmington city
Las Cruces city
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Carlsbad city 26.31
2 Roswell city 22.14
3 Los Lunas village 19.84
4 Artesia city 19.66
5 Hobbs city 19.26
6 Las Vegas city 18.48
7 South Valley CDP 17.51
8 Alamogordo city 17.46
9 Farmington city 17.42
10 Las Cruces city 17.09
11 Clovis city 16.52
12 Rio Rancho city 16.37
13 Chaparral CDP 16.22
14 Albuquerque city 15.98
15 Gallup city 15.37
16 Sunland Park city 14.99
17 Lovington city 13.52
18 Santa Fe city 13.10
19 Los Alamos CDP 13.04
20 Portales city 12.61
21 Deming city 12.21
22 North Valley CDP 9.97
23 Española city 5.19