Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all New Mexico counties, Mora County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (80.91%), followed by Guadalupe County (79.6%), and San Miguel County (77.23%).

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 or Latino in 2012
Mora
Guadalupe
San Miguel
Rio Arriba
Doña Ana
Luna
Valencia
Taos
Hidalgo
Lea
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mora County 80.91
2 Guadalupe County 79.6
3 San Miguel County 77.23
4 Rio Arriba County 71.54
5 Doña Ana County 66.52
6 Luna County 63.82
7 Valencia County 59.06
8 Taos County 56.66
9 Hidalgo County 56.62
10 Lea County 53.92
11 Chaves County 53.69
12 Santa Fe County 51.13
13 Socorro County 49.12
14 Grant County 49.01
15 Colfax County 48.71
16 Bernalillo County 48.63
17 Eddy County 45.45
18 Quay County 43.39
19 Harding County 42.29
20 Union County 40.7
21 Torrance County 40.54
22 Roosevelt County 40.35
23 Curry County 39.64
24 De Baca County 39.63
25 Cibola County 37.44
26 Sandoval County 36.37
27 Otero County 35.69
28 Lincoln County 30.76
29 Sierra County 29.18
30 San Juan County 19.54
31 Catron County 19.18
32 Los Alamos County 15.8
33 McKinley County 13.53