Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all New Mexico counties, Bernalillo County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (23.18K), followed by Doña Ana County (4.87K), and Sandoval County (3.59K).

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 2016
Bernalillo
Doña Ana
Sandoval
Curry
Lea
Otero
Santa Fe
Chaves
Valencia
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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Bernalillo County 23175
2 Doña Ana County 4870
3 Sandoval County 3587
4 Curry County 3467
5 Lea County 3146
6 Otero County 2773
7 Santa Fe County 1717
8 Chaves County 1590
9 Valencia County 1276
10 Eddy County 1100
11 San Juan County 964
12 San Miguel County 607
13 Roosevelt County 493
14 McKinley County 446
15 Luna County 419
16 Cibola County 367
17 Grant County 349
18 Torrance County 334
19 Rio Arriba County 299
20 Taos County 279
21 Socorro County 229
22 Lincoln County 201
23 Los Alamos County 197
24 Quay County 164
25 Colfax County 116
26 Guadalupe County 95
27 Union County 88
28 Sierra County 84
29 Hidalgo County 67
30 Mora County 41
31 Catron County 29
32 De Baca County 11
33 Harding County 2