Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all New Mexico counties, Curry County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (6.8%), followed by Lea County (4.46%), and Otero County (4.07%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Curry County | 6.8 |
| 2 | Lea County | 4.46 |
| 3 | Otero County | 4.07 |
| 4 | Bernalillo County | 3.38 |
| 5 | Sandoval County | 2.48 |
| 6 | Chaves County | 2.44 |
| 7 | Roosevelt County | 2.43 |
| 8 | Doña Ana County | 2.27 |
| 9 | Guadalupe County | 2.16 |
| 10 | Torrance County | 2.14 |
| 11 | San Miguel County | 2.11 |
| 12 | Union County | 2.06 |
| 13 | Quay County | 2.01 |
| 14 | Eddy County | 1.91 |
| 15 | Luna County | 1.65 |
| 16 | Valencia County | 1.64 |
| 17 | Cibola County | 1.37 |
| 18 | Socorro County | 1.35 |
| 19 | Hidalgo County | 1.26 |
| 20 | Harding County | 1.25 |
| 21 | Grant County | 1.23 |
| 22 | Santa Fe County | 1.15 |
| 23 | Lincoln County | 1 |
| 24 | Los Alamos County | 0.94 |
| 25 | Catron County | 0.89 |
| 25 | Colfax County | 0.89 |
| 26 | Mora County | 0.87 |
| 27 | Taos County | 0.85 |
| 28 | Rio Arriba County | 0.82 |
| 29 | San Juan County | 0.78 |
| 30 | Sierra County | 0.7 |
| 31 | McKinley County | 0.6 |
| 32 | De Baca County | 0.53 |