Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, 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 (79.05%), followed by Cibola County (43.8%), and San Juan County (41.03%).

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 2017
McKinley
Cibola
San Juan
Rio Arriba
Socorro
Sandoval
Otero
Taos
Bernalillo
Valencia
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 McKinley County 79.05
2 Cibola County 43.8
3 San Juan County 41.03
4 Rio Arriba County 19.44
5 Socorro County 14.31
6 Sandoval County 14.09
7 Otero County 8.12
8 Taos County 7.64
9 Bernalillo County 6.3
10 Valencia County 6.1
11 Lincoln County 4.45
12 Santa Fe County 4.2
13 Torrance County 4.17
14 Catron County 3.74
15 Guadalupe County 3.17
16 Union County 3.15
17 San Miguel County 3.13
18 Mora County 3
19 Sierra County 2.99
20 Colfax County 2.65
21 Luna County 2.57
22 Chaves County 2.46
23 Quay County 2.45
24 Doña Ana County 2.44
25 Grant County 2.38
26 Eddy County 2.37
27 Roosevelt County 2.24
28 Harding County 2.2
29 Curry County 2.06
30 De Baca County 1.93
31 Lea County 1.92
32 Los Alamos County 1.46
33 Hidalgo County 1.3