Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all New Mexico counties, Mora County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (80.25%), followed by Guadalupe County (79.44%), and San Miguel County (77.94%).

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 2016
Mora
Guadalupe
San Miguel
Rio Arriba
Doña Ana
Luna
Valencia
Hidalgo
Lea
Taos
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mora County 80.25
2 Guadalupe County 79.44
3 San Miguel County 77.94
4 Rio Arriba County 71.5
5 Doña Ana County 68.21
6 Luna County 66.54
7 Valencia County 60.44
8 Hidalgo County 58.4
9 Lea County 58.04
10 Taos County 57.19
11 Chaves County 56.49
12 Santa Fe County 51.28
13 Grant County 50.49
14 Bernalillo County 49.89
15 Socorro County 49.87
16 Colfax County 49.74
17 Eddy County 48.44
18 Quay County 44.97
19 Harding County 43.36
20 Torrance County 42.77
21 Union County 42.08
22 De Baca County 41.62
23 Roosevelt County 41.57
24 Curry County 41.47
25 Cibola County 38.56
26 Sandoval County 38.47
27 Otero County 38
28 Lincoln County 32.42
29 Sierra County 30.42
30 San Juan County 20.45
31 Catron County 18.72
32 Los Alamos County 17.88
33 McKinley County 14.13