Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all New Mexico counties, Curry County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (7.06%), followed by Otero County (4.59%), and Lea County (4.44%).

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 Black or African American Alone in 2021
Curry
Otero
Lea
Bernalillo
Guadalupe
Roosevelt
Sandoval
Chaves
Doña Ana
San Miguel
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Curry County 7.06
2 Otero County 4.59
3 Lea County 4.44
4 Bernalillo County 3.73
5 Guadalupe County 2.83
6 Roosevelt County 2.8
6 Sandoval County 2.8
7 Chaves County 2.65
8 Doña Ana County 2.54
9 San Miguel County 2.3
10 Eddy County 2.19
11 Quay County 2.18
12 Union County 2.15
13 Torrance County 2.13
14 Valencia County 2.12
15 Luna County 1.99
16 Hidalgo County 1.93
17 Harding County 1.9
18 Cibola County 1.71
19 Socorro County 1.46
20 Los Alamos County 1.43
21 Grant County 1.36
22 Mora County 1.34
23 De Baca County 1.31
23 Santa Fe County 1.31
24 Catron County 1.29
25 Colfax County 1.22
26 Lincoln County 1.11
27 Rio Arriba County 0.95
28 Sierra County 0.94
29 Taos County 0.92
30 San Juan County 0.76
31 McKinley County 0.62