Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all New Mexico counties, Curry County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.34%), followed by Bernalillo County (0.95%), and Chaves County (0.95%).

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 Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Curry
Bernalillo
Chaves
Lea
Torrance
Doña Ana
Otero
Eddy
Roosevelt
Hidalgo
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Curry County 1.34
2 Bernalillo County 0.95
2 Chaves County 0.95
3 Lea County 0.85
4 Torrance County 0.79
5 Doña Ana County 0.78
6 Otero County 0.77
7 Eddy County 0.68
7 Roosevelt County 0.68
8 Hidalgo County 0.67
8 Luna County 0.67
9 Guadalupe County 0.66
10 Valencia County 0.65
11 Mora County 0.64
12 Quay County 0.6
12 Sandoval County 0.6
13 San Miguel County 0.57
14 Lincoln County 0.49
15 Grant County 0.48
16 Socorro County 0.45
17 Rio Arriba County 0.42
18 Cibola County 0.41
19 Taos County 0.37
20 Colfax County 0.36
21 Santa Fe County 0.34
22 Union County 0.24
23 Los Alamos County 0.21
23 San Juan County 0.21
24 McKinley County 0.19
25 Sierra County 0.18
26 Catron County 0.17
27 De Baca County 0.11
28 Harding County 0