Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all New Mexico counties, Curry County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.56%), followed by Chaves County (1.07%), and Lea County (0.97%).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

See this for other years:
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
Curry
Chaves
Lea
Bernalillo
Mora
Otero
Torrance
Guadalupe
Hidalgo
Luna
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
Items per page:
0 of 0
Rank County % of County Population
1 Curry County 1.56
2 Chaves County 1.07
3 Lea County 0.97
4 Bernalillo County 0.95
5 Mora County 0.91
6 Otero County 0.9
7 Torrance County 0.88
8 Guadalupe County 0.86
9 Hidalgo County 0.84
10 Luna County 0.83
11 Doña Ana County 0.78
12 Roosevelt County 0.73
13 Valencia County 0.7
14 Eddy County 0.69
14 Quay County 0.69
15 Sandoval County 0.62
16 San Miguel County 0.61
17 Socorro County 0.53
18 Grant County 0.5
19 Colfax County 0.49
20 De Baca County 0.48
20 Lincoln County 0.48
21 Harding County 0.46
22 Cibola County 0.42
23 Rio Arriba County 0.41
24 Santa Fe County 0.36
24 Taos County 0.36
25 Union County 0.25
26 Los Alamos County 0.24
27 Catron County 0.22
28 San Juan County 0.21
29 McKinley County 0.19
29 Sierra County 0.19