Ranking of New Mexico Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all New Mexico counties, McKinley County had the highest number of people who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (56.68K), followed by San Juan County (52.59K), and Bernalillo County (46.23K).

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 American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2022
McKinley
San Juan
Bernalillo
Sandoval
Cibola
Rio Arriba
Santa Fe
Doña Ana
Otero
Valencia
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2022
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Rank County American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population
1 McKinley County 56675
2 San Juan County 52590
3 Bernalillo County 46234
4 Sandoval County 21894
5 Cibola County 12949
6 Rio Arriba County 8778
7 Santa Fe County 6863
8 Doña Ana County 5749
9 Otero County 5536
10 Valencia County 5505
11 Taos County 2917
12 Socorro County 2426
13 Chaves County 1774
14 Eddy County 1591
15 Lea County 1533
16 Curry County 1138
17 San Miguel County 922
18 Lincoln County 920
19 Luna County 765
20 Grant County 694
21 Torrance County 681
22 Roosevelt County 447
23 Colfax County 431
24 Sierra County 383
25 Los Alamos County 302
26 Quay County 235
27 Catron County 171
28 Mora County 161
29 Guadalupe County 154
30 Union County 142
31 Hidalgo County 62
32 De Baca County 44
33 Harding County 17