Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all New Mexico counties, Curry County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (7.07%), followed by Lea County (4.32%), and Otero County (4.3%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
Curry
Lea
Otero
Bernalillo
Roosevelt
Sandoval
Chaves
Guadalupe
Doña Ana
Union
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Curry County 7.07
2 Lea County 4.32
3 Otero County 4.3
4 Bernalillo County 3.61
5 Roosevelt County 2.93
6 Sandoval County 2.74
7 Chaves County 2.5
8 Guadalupe County 2.45
9 Doña Ana County 2.38
10 Union County 2.35
11 Quay County 2.27
11 Torrance County 2.27
12 San Miguel County 2.18
13 Eddy County 2.05
14 Valencia County 1.96
15 Luna County 1.87
16 Hidalgo County 1.81
17 Cibola County 1.56
18 Los Alamos County 1.4
19 Socorro County 1.37
20 Grant County 1.31
21 Santa Fe County 1.19
22 Mora County 1.14
23 Lincoln County 1.09
24 Colfax County 0.97
25 Harding County 0.94
26 De Baca County 0.92
27 Taos County 0.89
28 Rio Arriba County 0.83
29 Catron County 0.8
30 Sierra County 0.79
31 San Juan County 0.77
32 McKinley County 0.63