Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all New Mexico counties, Bernalillo County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (22.78K), followed by Doña Ana County (4.42K), and Curry County (3.54K).

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 Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
Bernalillo
Doña Ana
Curry
Sandoval
Lea
Otero
Chaves
Santa Fe
Valencia
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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Bernalillo County 22776
2 Doña Ana County 4420
3 Curry County 3537
4 Sandoval County 3339
5 Lea County 2864
6 Otero County 2561
7 Chaves County 1648
8 Santa Fe County 1515
9 Valencia County 1255
10 Eddy County 934
11 San Juan County 907
12 San Miguel County 574
13 Roosevelt County 453
14 McKinley County 440
15 Luna County 348
16 Cibola County 347
17 Torrance County 327
18 Grant County 323
19 Rio Arriba County 316
20 Taos County 246
21 Socorro County 190
22 Lincoln County 169
23 Quay County 141
24 Los Alamos County 130
25 Colfax County 101
26 Guadalupe County 91
27 Union County 79
28 Sierra County 74
29 Hidalgo County 58
30 Mora County 43
31 Catron County 29
32 De Baca County 8
33 Harding County 3