Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all New Mexico counties, McKinley County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (78.64%), followed by Cibola County (42.96%), and San Juan County (40.22%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New Mexico counties.

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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015
McKinley
Cibola
San Juan
Rio Arriba
Sandoval
Socorro
Otero
Taos
Bernalillo
Valencia
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 McKinley County 78.64
2 Cibola County 42.96
3 San Juan County 40.22
4 Rio Arriba County 18.95
5 Sandoval County 13.91
5 Socorro County 13.91
6 Otero County 8.1
7 Taos County 7.65
8 Bernalillo County 6.07
9 Valencia County 5.73
10 Torrance County 4.33
11 Santa Fe County 4.18
12 Lincoln County 3.82
13 Catron County 3.51
14 Guadalupe County 3.19
15 Union County 3.07
16 San Miguel County 3.01
17 Mora County 2.84
18 Sierra County 2.76
19 Colfax County 2.47
20 Doña Ana County 2.41
21 Luna County 2.38
22 Eddy County 2.35
23 Chaves County 2.34
24 Quay County 2.27
25 Grant County 2.25
26 Roosevelt County 2.16
27 Harding County 2.09
28 Curry County 1.99
29 Lea County 1.86
30 De Baca County 1.44
31 Los Alamos County 1.41
32 Hidalgo County 1.28